It was found that cifs-utils' mount.cifs was invoking a...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 24, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 28, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Sep 9, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 24, 2022
Last updated
Jan 28, 2023
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.
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