CVE-2020-28169

Summary

CVECVE-2020-28169
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-24 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-05 16:04:00 UTC
DescriptionThe td-agent-builder plugin before 2020-12-18 for Fluentd allows attackers to gain privileges because the bin directory is writable by a user account, but a file in bin is executed as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Td-agent-builder Project Td-agent-builder All All All All
Application Td-agent-builder Project Td-agent-builder All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Possible Vulnerability · Issue #3201 · fluent/fluentd · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Fluentd TD-agent 4.0.1 Insecure Folder Permission ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Index of packages.treasuredata.com/4/windows MISC td-agent-package-browser.herokuapp.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4949-1 jetty9 DEBIAN www.debian.org
Fluentd | Open Source Data Collector | Unified Logging Layer MISC www.fluentd.org Vendor Advisory
Install by .msi Installer (Windows) - Fluentd MISC docs.fluentd.org Product, Vendor Advisory
windows: mitigate possible escalation of privileges by kenhys · Pull Request #247 · fluent-plugins-nursery/td-agent-builder · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
windows: mitigate possible escalation of privileges · kenhys/td-agent-builder@eec6e2d · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178738 Debian Security Update for jetty9 (DSA 4949-1)
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report