VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-20106

If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root.

HIGH 8.1EPSS 1.02%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In yast2-printer up to and including version 4.0.2 the SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly. If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root. This requires tricking root to enter such a password in yast.

CVSS 3.0: 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.02% probability · 62th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-20
Affected: opensuse/yast2-printer
Source: security@opentext.com

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114853
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114853

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.