CVE-2020-12878

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-12878
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-18 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-26 16:04:00 UTC
DescriptionDigi ConnectPort X2e before 3.2.30.6 allows an attacker to escalate privileges from the python user to root via a symlink attack that uses chown, related to /etc/init.d/S50dropbear.sh and the /WEB/python/.ssh directory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Digi Connectport X2e - All All All
Hardware Digi Connectport X2e - All All All
Operating System Digi Connectport X2e Firmware All All All All
Operating System Digi Connectport X2e Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ConnectPort X2e ZB - Drivers - Digi International MISC www.digi.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
GitHub - mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Vulnerability-Disclosures/FEYE-2020-0020.md at master · fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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