Security Advisory
CVE-2020-14342
4.4
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
It was found that cifs-utils' mount.cifs was invoking a shell when requesting the Samba password, which could be used to inject arbitrary commands. An attacker able to invoke mount.cifs with special permission, such as via sudo rules, could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
Published Date
September 9, 2020
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory