CVE-2020-27985
HIGHSecurity Onion 2.0.0-2.3.9 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Sudo Configuration
Title source: llmDescription
Security Onion v2 prior to 2.3.10 has an incorrect sudo configuration, which allows the administrative user to obtain root access without using the sudo password by editing and executing /home/<user>/SecurityOnion/setup/so-setup.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/releases
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/commit/b14670030349a2747a00ace665568ab5f51ac47b
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://s1gh.sh/cve-2020-27985-security-onion-local-privilege-escalation/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0052
EPSS Percentile
40.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-306
Status
published
Products (1)
securityonionsolutions/security_onion
2.0.0 - 2.3.10
Published
Nov 23, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026