CVE-2020-12620

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-12620
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-30 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionPi-hole 4.4 allows a user able to write to /etc/pihole/dns-servers.conf to escalate privileges through command injection (shell metacharacters after an IP address).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pi-hole Pi-hole All All All All
Application Pi-hole Pi-hole All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pi-Hole: Standalone Raspberry Pi Ad-blocker | A Black Hole For Internet Advertisements MISC pi-hole.net Vendor Advisory
GitHub - pi-hole/pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements (designed for Raspberry Pi) MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Vulnerabilities regarding Pihole’s setdns command | panic MISC 0xpanic.github.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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