Description
osquery before version 4.4.0 enables a privilege escalation vulnerability. If a Window system is configured with a PATH that contains a user-writable directory then a local user may write a zlib1.dll DLL, which osquery will attempt to load. Since osquery runs with elevated privileges this enables local escalation. This is fixed in version 4.4.0.
Published: 2020-07-10
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-3445 osquery before version 4.4.0 enables a privilege escalation vulnerability. If a Window system is configured with a PATH that contains a user-writable directory then a local user may write a zlib1.dll DLL, which osquery will attempt to load. Since osquery runs with elevated privileges this enables local escalation. This is fixed in version 4.4.0.
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Linuxfoundation Osquery
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:21:14.829Z

Reserved: 2020-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-11081

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-07-10T19:15:11.553

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:56:44.867

Link: CVE-2020-11081

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