7.8

CVE-2020-28243: debian debian_linux Command Injection

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesGHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75PYSEC-2021-73UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28243
Published 27-02-2021Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-28243 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Command Injection vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.30%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2github, reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 11

Timeline

  1. 27-02-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The minion's restartcheck is vulnerable to command injection via a crafted process name. This allows for a local privilege escalation by any user able to create a files on the minion in a non-blacklisted directory.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.30% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.30%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • githubUnverified

    Cve 2020 28243

    Maturity: poc

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sec.stealthcopter.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
Fedoraproject1 product
PyPI1 product
  • salt< 2015.8.13 | ≥ 2016.3.0, < 2016.11.5 | ≥ 2016.11.7, < 2016.11.10 | ≥ 2017.5.0, < 2017.7.8 | ≥ 2018.2.0, ≤ 2018.3.5 | ≥ 2019.2.0, < 2019.2.8 | ≥ 3000, < 3000.7 | ≥ 3001, < 3001.5 | ≥ 3002, < 3002.3 | ≥ 3002, < 3002.5
Saltstack1 product
  • salt< 2015.8.10 | ≥ 2015.8.11, < 2015.8.13 | ≥ 2016.3.0, < 2016.3.4 | ≥ 2016.3.5, < 2016.3.6 | ≥ 2016.3.7, < 2016.3.8 | ≥ 2016.3.9, < 2016.11.3 | ≥ 2016.11.4, < 2016.11.5 | ≥ 2016.11.7, < 2016.11.10 | ≥ 2017.5.0, < 2017.7.8 | ≥ 2018.2.0, ≤ 2018.3.5 | ≥ 2019.2.0, < 2019.2.5 | ≥ 2019.2.6, < 2019.2.8 | ≥ 3000, < 3000.6 | ≥ 3001, < 3001.4 | ≥ 3002, < 3002.5
Ubuntu1 product
  • salt< 2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1

5 vendors · 5 products

References

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