VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-24356
`cloudflared` versions prior to 2020.8.1 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability on Windows systems.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.35%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
`cloudflared` versions prior to 2020.8.1 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability on Windows systems. When run on a Windows system, `cloudflared` searches for configuration files which could be abused by a malicious entity to execute commands as a privileged user. Version 2020.8.1 fixes this issue.
- 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
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-427
- Affected
- cloudflare/cloudflared
- Source
- cna@cloudflare.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.