Code execution via attacker-controlled update signing key
Published Jun 4, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Improper input validation in Pydio Cells 2.0.4 allows remote authenticated users with administrator access to execute code after a restart. The Cells Console accepts both a custom update-server URL and the RSA public key that validates the response, allowing a signed attacker-controlled binary to replace the application executable. Administrator access and a later service or appliance restart are required; code then runs with the application account's privileges, including the pydio account on the enterprise appliance.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in Pydio Cells 2.0.4 allows remote authenticated users with administrator access to execute code after a restart. The Cells Console accepts both a custom update-server URL and the RSA public key that validates the response, allowing a signed attacker-controlled binary to replace the application executable. Administrator access and a later service or appliance restart are required; code then runs with the application account's privileges, including the pydio account on the enterprise appliance.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-12852
- Published
- Jun 4, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1105
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 4, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Pydio Cells software-update proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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