Brief privilege escalation via identity verification failure
Published Oct 11, 2022 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Privilege escalation in Xiaomi Gallery 3.4.5.18 allows remote attackers to gain brief elevated privileges via identity verification failure. Xiaomi has not disclosed the affected code path or the incorrect identity-check operation that grants the elevation. No authentication or user interaction is required, but the elevated role, duration, and accessible actions remain undisclosed.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Xiaomi Gallery 3.4.5.18 allows remote attackers to gain brief elevated privileges via identity verification failure. Xiaomi has not disclosed the affected code path or the incorrect identity-check operation that grants the elevation. No authentication or user interaction is required, but the elevated role, duration, and accessible actions remain undisclosed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-14129
- Published
- Oct 11, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Xiaomi Corporation
- Product
- Xiaomi Gallery
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=Affected Version:3.4.5.18 Fixed Version:3.4.5.24
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