CVE-2020-16262

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-16262
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-28 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionWinston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Winstonprivacy Winston - All All All
Hardware Winstonprivacy Winston - All All All
Operating System Winstonprivacy Winston Firmware 1.5.4 All All All
Operating System Winstonprivacy Winston Firmware 1.5.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Winston Privacy - Distributed VPN and Privacy Protection for the home MISC winstonprivacy.com Product
Winston Privacy Version 1.5.4 MISC labs.bishopfox.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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