CVE-2020-27985

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27985
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-27985.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-27985
Published
2020-11-23T14:15:12Z
Modified
2026-10-20T10:53:06Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Security Onion v2 prior to 2.3.10 has an incorrect sudo configuration, which allows the administrative user to obtain root access without using the sudo password by editing and executing /home//SecurityOnion/setup/so-setup.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/security-onion-solutions/securityonion

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/security-onion-solutions/securityonion
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
5344d30d56d966f869914eb1643a9cd9aa40d878
Fixed
b14670030349a2747a00ace665568ab5f51ac47b
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:securityonionsolutions:security_onion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "2.0.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "2.3.10"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "fixed":  "b14670030349a2747a00ace665568ab5f51ac47b"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.4
1.1.3
1.1.4
1.2.1
1.2.1-1
1.3.0
1.4.0
1.4.1
2.*
2.0.0-rc1
2.0.1-rc1
2.0.1-rc1.1
2.1.0-rc2
2.2.0-rc3
2.3.0
2.3.1
2.3.2
v1.*
v1.0.3

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-27985.json"