Google Cloud Platform guest-oslogin up to 20200507 roles/compute.osLogin default permission
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
---|---|---|
6.2 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Cloud Platform guest-oslogin up to 20200507 (Cloud Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file roles/compute.osLogin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a default permission vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-276. During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
A vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform's guest-oslogin versions between 20190304 and 20200507 allows a user that is only granted the role "roles/compute.osLogin" to escalate privileges to root. Using their membership to the "adm" group, users with this role are able to read the DHCP XID from the systemd journal. Using the DHCP XID, it is then possible to set the IP address and hostname of the instance to any value, which is then stored in /etc/hosts. An attacker can then point metadata.google.internal to an arbitrary IP address and impersonate the GCE metadata server which make it is possible to instruct the OS Login PAM module to grant administrative privileges. All images created after 2020-May-07 (20200507) are fixed, and if you cannot update, we recommend you edit /etc/group/security.conf and remove the "adm" user from the OS Login entry.
The weakness was shared 06/22/2020 (GitHub Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-8903 since 02/12/2020. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/23/2020). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The entries 157160 and 157161 are related to this item.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
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: 6.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
VulDB Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 6.7
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
AV | AC | Au | C | I | A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
Vector | Complexity | Authentication | Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: Default permissionCWE: CWE-276 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
---|---|---|---|---|
Today | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Timeline
02/12/2020 🔍06/22/2020 🔍
06/23/2020 🔍
10/26/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: github.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2020-8903 (🔍)
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 06/23/2020 11:17Updated: 10/26/2020 17:49
Changes: 06/23/2020 11:17 (39), 06/23/2020 11:22 (12), 10/26/2020 17:41 (1), 10/26/2020 17:49 (1)
Complete: 🔍
No comments yet. Languages: en.
Please log in to comment.