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CVE-2020-10699 (GCVE-0-2020-10699)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-15 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:06
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Summary
A flaw was found in Linux, in targetcli-fb versions 2.1.50 and 2.1.51 where the socket used by targetclid was world-writable. If a system enables the targetclid socket, a local attacker can use this flaw to modify the iSCSI configuration and escalate their privileges to root.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Datera, Inc targetcli Affected: Fixed in targetcli-fb 2.1.52
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