CVE-2020-28169 (GCVE-0-2020-28169)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-24 14:36 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The td-agent-builder plugin before 2020-12-18 for Fluentd allows attackers to gain privileges because the bin directory is writable by a user account, but a file in bin is executed as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
Severity
7.0 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://docs.fluentd.org/installation/install-by-msi | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://td-agent-package-browser.herokuapp.com/4/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.fluentd.org/ | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/kenhys/td-agent-builder/commit… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/issues/3201 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/fluent-plugins-nursery/td-agen… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160791/Fluen… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4949 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
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