CVE-2019-20044

Summary

CVECVE-2019-20044
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-24 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:08:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Zsh before 5.8, attackers able to execute commands can regain privileges dropped by the --no-PRIVILEGED option. Zsh fails to overwrite the saved uid, so the original privileges can be restored by executing MODULE_PATH=/dir/with/module zmodload with a module that calls setuid().

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-273

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Ipados All All All All
Operating System Apple Ipad Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os - All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os - All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.13.6 - All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.13.6 security_update_2018-002 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.13.6 security_update_2018-003 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.13.6 security_update_2019-001 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.13.6 security_update_2019-002 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.13.6 security_update_2019-003 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.13.6 security_update_2019-004 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.13.6 security_update_2019-005 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.13.6 security_update_2019-006 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.13.6 security_update_2019-007 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.13.6 security_update_2020-001 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.13.6 security_update_2020-002 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.14.6 - All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.14.6 security_update_2019-001 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.14.6 security_update_2019-002 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.14.6 security_update_2019-004 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.14.6 security_update_2019-005 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.14.6 security_update_2019-006 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.14.6 security_update_2019-007 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.14.6 security_update_2020-001 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.14.6 security_update_2020-002 All All
Operating System Apple Tvos All All All All
Operating System Apple Watchos All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Application Zsh Zsh All All All All
Application Zsh Zsh All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.5, Security Update 2020-003 Mojave, Security Update 2020-003 High Sierra - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: zsh-5.7.1-6.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
About the security content of watchOS 6.2.5 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
ZSH - Release Notes MISC zsh.sourceforge.net Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2020-05-26-5 watchOS 6.2.5 FULLDISC seclists.org
About the security content of tvOS 13.4.5 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
About the security content of tvOS 13.4.5 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
GitHub - XMB5/zsh-privileged-upgrade: ZSH Exploit allowing a user to restore privileges dropped from --no-PRIVILEGED option MISC github.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] [DLA 2470-1] zsh security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2020-05-26-1 iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5 FULLDISC seclists.org
Zsh: Privilege escalation (GLSA 202003-55) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
About the security content of watchOS 6.2.5 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
About the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.5, Security Update 2020-003 Mojave, Security Update 2020-003 High Sierra - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
www.zsh.org/mla/zsh-announce/141 MISC www.zsh.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
About the security content of iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: zsh-5.7.1-6.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2117-1] zsh security update MLIST lists.debian.org
About the security content of iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: zsh-5.7.1-6.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2020-05-26-4 tvOS 13.4.5 FULLDISC seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: zsh-5.7.1-6.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2020-05-26-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.5, Security Update 2020-003 Mojave, Security Update 2020-003 High Sierra FULLDISC seclists.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198699 Ubuntu Security Notification for Zsh Vulnerabilities (USN-5325-1)
  • 296073 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 24.75.2 Missing (CPUJUL2020)
  • 376894 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for zsh (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0073)
  • 377075 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for zsh (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0031)
  • 500833 Alpine Linux Security Update for zsh
  • 504570 Alpine Linux Security Update for zsh
  • 751797 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for zsh (SUSE-SU-2022:0732-1)
  • 751799 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for zsh (SUSE-SU-2022:0733-1)
  • 751806 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for zsh (SUSE-SU-2022:0735-1)
  • 751807 OpenSUSE Security Update for zsh (openSUSE-SU-2022:0735-1)
  • 753235 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for zsh (SUSE-SU-2022:14910-1)
  • 940252 AlmaLinux Security Update for zsh (ALSA-2020:0903)
  • 960812 Rocky Linux Security Update for zsh (RLSA-2020:0903)
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