CVE-2018-20882

CVSS V2 Medium 6.6 CVSS V3 Medium 6.8

Description

cPanel before 74.0.8 allows arbitrary file-write operations in the context of the root account during WHM Force Password Change (SEC-447).

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-20882

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-08-01T13:15:12

Last Modified Date
2019-08-08T16:39:47

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel::::::::	1	OR	69.9999.122	70.0.57
cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel::::::::	1	OR	73.9980.0	74.0.8

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
6.6

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
9.5

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
6.8

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.3

Impact Score
5.5

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/74+Change+Log	Product Release Notes
https://news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2018-0005-full-disclosure/	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20882
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20882

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:38:59				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 00:15:40	2019-08-01T13:15Z	2019-08-01T13:15:12	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 00:15:40		2019-08-08T16:39:47	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 00:15:40		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated