CVE-2020-36772 (GCVE-0-2020-36772)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-22 14:11 – Updated: 2025-05-30 14:22
VLAI
Summary
CloudLinux CageFS 7.0.8-2 or below insufficiently restricts file paths supplied to the sendmail proxy command. This allows local users to read and write arbitrary files of certain file formats outside the CageFS environment.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cloudlinux OS cagefs Affected: 7.0.8-2
Unaffected: 7.1.1-1
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Date Public
2020-09-03 15:00
Credits
David Lisa Gnedt (SBA Research)
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