CVE-2020-14072 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in MK-AUTH 19.01. It allows command execution as root via shell metacharacters to /auth admin scripts.

Published: 2020-06-29

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 3.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mk-auth:mk-auth:19.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-6231	An issue was discovered in MK-AUTH 19.01. It allows command execution as root via shell metacharacters to /auth admin scripts.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03372.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://mk-auth.com.br/page/changelog-1
https://gist.github.com/merhawi023/a1155913df3cf0c17971b0fb7dcd8f20

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mk-auth Mk-auth

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-06-29T16:29:38.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:32:14.661Z

Reserved: 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-14072

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-06-29T17:15:10.990

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:54:11.647

Link: CVE-2020-14072

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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