CVE-2020-16262

Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.

CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 36th percentile

Published

2020-10-28

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/winston-privacy-version-1.5.4

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-16261
• CVE-2020-16263
• CVE-2020-16260
• CVE-2020-16266
• CVE-2020-16259
• CVE-2020-16269