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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-10120
CVE-2020-10120:
cPanel vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
cPanel before 84.0.20 allows resellers to achieve remote code execution as root via a cpsrvd rsync shell (SEC-545). This vulnerability was assigned CVE-2020-10120 and was disclosed in March 2020 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability is network exploitable, requires high privileges, but no user interaction, and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows resellers to achieve remote code execution with root privileges through the cpsrvd rsync shell. This means an attacker with reseller access could execute arbitrary commands with the highest system privileges, potentially leading to complete system compromise (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was fixed in cPanel version 84.0.20. System administrators should upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the risk. No alternative workarounds were published (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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