CVE-2020-12620

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

Pi-hole 4.4 allows a user able to write to /etc/pihole/dns-servers.conf to escalate privileges through command injection (shell metacharacters after an IP address).

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-12620

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-07-30T14:15:12

Last Modified Date
2021-07-21T11:39:23

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-78	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pi-hole:pi-hole::::::::	1	OR		5.0

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
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/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://pi-hole.net/	Vendor Advisory
https://0xpanic.github.io/2020/07/21/Pihole.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12620
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-12620

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:01:50				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 20:28:26	2020-07-30T14:15Z	2020-07-30T14:15:12	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 20:28:26		2021-07-21T11:39:23	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 20:28:26		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated