VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-14162
The local www-data user has sudo privileges to execute the pihole core script as root without a password, which could allow an attacker to obtain root access via shell metacharacters to this script's setdns command.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.59%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Pi-Hole through 5.0. The local www-data user has sudo privileges to execute the pihole core script as root without a password, which could allow an attacker to obtain root access via shell metacharacters to this script's setdns command.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.59% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78, CWE-269
- Affected
- pi-hole/pi-hole
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://0xpanic.github.io/2020/07/21/Pihole.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.pi-hole.net/core/pihole-command/Vendor Advisory
- https://0xpanic.github.io/2020/07/21/Pihole.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.pi-hole.net/core/pihole-command/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.