Root-level ownership changes via log processing
Published Mar 17, 2020 · Updated Aug 5, 2024
Improper privilege management in cPanel before 82.0.18 allows local users to change arbitrary file ownership as root during log processing. The log-processing code performs a root-privileged chown operation on an attacker-selected target, but cPanel has not disclosed the responsible file or function. A local low-privileged account is required, and successful exploitation changes file ownership rather than reading data or interrupting service.
Summary
What happened
Improper privilege management in cPanel before 82.0.18 allows local users to change arbitrary file ownership as root during log processing. The log-processing code performs a root-privileged chown operation on an attacker-selected target, but cPanel has not disclosed the responsible file or function. A local low-privileged account is required, and successful exploitation changes file ownership rather than reading data or interrupting service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2019-20496
- Published
- Mar 17, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- T1222.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 17, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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