CVE-2018-20621

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

An issue was discovered in Microvirt MEmu 6.0.6. The MemuService.exe service binary is vulnerable to local privilege escalation through binary planting due to insecure permissions set at install time. This allows code to be run as NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-20621

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-03-13T08:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-10-03T00:03:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-732	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:microvirt:memu:6.0.6:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.2

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2018-20621	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20621
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20621

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:34:47				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 18:09:31	2019-03-13T08:29Z	2019-03-13T08:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 18:09:31		2019-10-03T00:03:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 18:09:31		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated