CVE-2020-8446
MEDIUMOSSEC-HIDS 2.7-3.5.0 - Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Write via Crafted Syscheck Messages
Title source: llmDescription
In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to path traversal (with write access) via crafted syscheck messages written directly to the analysisd UNIX domain socket by a local user.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.ossec.net/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1813
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0050
EPSS Percentile
39.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (1)
ossec/ossec
2.7 - 3.5.0
Published
Jan 30, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026