CVE-2020-36166
Published on: 01/05/2021 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:23:31 PM UTC
Certain versions of Windows from Microsoft contain the following vulnerability:
An issue was discovered in Veritas InfoScale 7.x through 7.4.2 on Windows, Storage Foundation through 6.1 on Windows, Storage Foundation HA through 6.1 on Windows, and InfoScale Operations Manager (aka VIOM) Windows Management Server 7.x through 7.4.2. On start-up, it loads the OpenSSL library from \usr\local\ssl. This library attempts to load the \usr\local\ssl\openssl.cnf configuration file, which may not exist. On Windows systems, this path could translate to <drive>:\usr\local\ssl\openssl.cnf, where <drive> could be the default Windows installation drive such as C:\ or the drive where a Veritas product is installed. By default, on Windows systems, users can create directories under any top-level directory. A low privileged user can create a <drive>:\usr\local\ssl\openssl.cnf configuration file to load a malicious OpenSSL engine, resulting in arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM when the service starts. This gives the attacker administrator access on the system, allowing the attacker (by default) to access all data, access all installed applications, etc.
- CVE-2020-36166 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
CVSS3 Score: 8.8 - HIGH
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
---|---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | LOW | NONE |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
CHANGED | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 7.2 - HIGH
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
COMPLETE | COMPLETE | COMPLETE |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
---|---|---|
InfoScale OpenSSL advisory | Veritas™ | Vendor Advisory www.veritas.com text/html |
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | Microsoft | Windows | - | All | All | All |
Operating System | Microsoft | Windows | - | All | All | All |
Application | Veritas | Infoscale | All | All | All | All |
Application | Veritas | Infoscale Operations Manager | All | All | All | All |
Application | Veritas | Storage Foundation | All | All | All | All |
Application | Veritas | Storage Foundation And High Availability | All | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:veritas:infoscale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:veritas:infoscale_operations_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:veritas:storage_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:veritas:storage_foundation_and_high_availability:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*: