{"schema_version":"1.7.5","id":"CVE-2020-14342","published":"2020-09-09T12:15:11.210Z","modified":"2026-07-08T05:57:22.735392374Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2020:2728-1","SUSE-SU-2020:2729-1","SUSE-SU-2021:1455-1","openSUSE-SU-2020:1579-1","openSUSE-SU-2021:0639-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10683-1"],"details":"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.","affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils","events":[{"introduced":"9449c2ac7419ef45fc08f7d4a654c100ee26fa17"},{"last_affected":"5ff5fc2ecc10353fd39ad508db5c2828fd2d8d9a"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"5.6"},{"last_affected":"6.10"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE"}}],"versions":["cifs-utils-6.10","cifs-utils-6.9","cifs-utils-6.8","cifs-utils-6.7","cifs-utils-6.6","cifs-utils-6.5","cifs-utils-6.4","cifs-utils-6.3","cifs-utils-6.2","cifs-utils-6.1","cifs-utils-6.0","cifs-utils-5.9","cifs-utils-5.8","cifs-utils-5.7","cifs-utils-5.6"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-14342.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DUMRICFXJVCBBOSKZSKT3HFVQM6VPJU3/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBNFSTJOQWVPFZAUJNNMAPY45PW5RTTE/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00109.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-16"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14342"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2020-September/135747.html"}],"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"32"},{"last_affected":"32"},{"introduced":"33"},{"last_affected":"33"}],"source":"CPE_STRING","vendor_product":"fedoraproject:fedora"},{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"15.1"},{"last_affected":"15.1"}],"source":"CPE_STRING","vendor_product":"opensuse:leap"}]},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}