CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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2.8 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in cPanel up to 68.0.26 (Hosting Control Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component crontab. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
cPanel before 68.0.27 allows attackers to read root's crontab file during a short time interval upon the enabling of backups (SEC-342).
The weakness was disclosed 08/01/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at documentation.cpanel.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-20940 since 07/31/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
Upgrading to version 68.0.27 eliminates this vulnerability.
The entries 139243, 139244, 139245 and 139246 are pretty similar.
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 68.0.0
- 68.0.1
- 68.0.2
- 68.0.3
- 68.0.4
- 68.0.5
- 68.0.6
- 68.0.7
- 68.0.8
- 68.0.9
- 68.0.10
- 68.0.11
- 68.0.12
- 68.0.13
- 68.0.14
- 68.0.15
- 68.0.16
- 68.0.17
- 68.0.18
- 68.0.19
- 68.0.20
- 68.0.21
- 68.0.22
- 68.0.23
- 68.0.24
- 68.0.25
- 68.0.26
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.8
VulDB Base Score: 2.5
VulDB Temp Score: 2.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 3.3
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: Race conditionCWE: CWE-362
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: cPanel 68.0.27
Timeline
07/31/2019 🔍08/01/2019 🔍
08/02/2019 🔍
07/18/2020 🔍
Sources
Advisory: documentation.cpanel.netStatus: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2018-20940 (🔍)
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 08/02/2019 11:49Updated: 07/18/2020 11:31
Changes: 08/02/2019 11:49 (57), 07/18/2020 11:31 (1)
Complete: 🔍
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