CVE-2020-28046

HIGH

ProlinOS < 2.4.161.8859r - Local Privilege Escalation via xtables-multi ip6tables --modprobe

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in ProlinOS through 2.4.161.8859R. An attacker with local code execution privileges as a normal user (MAINAPP) can escalate to root privileges by exploiting the setuid installation of the xtables-multi binary and leveraging the ip6tables --modprobe switch.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://git.lsd.cat/g/pax-pwn

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0049
EPSS Percentile 38.4%
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-269
Status published
Products (1)
pax/prolinos < 2.4.161.8859r
Published Nov 02, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026