Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2020 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2020-10699

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity incorrect permission assignment in targetcli from Datera, Inc. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in Linux, in targetcli-fb versions 2.1.50 and 2.1.51 where the socket used by targetclid was world-writable. If a system enables the targetclid socket, a local attacker can use this flaw to modify the iSCSI configuration and escalate their privileges to root.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20targetcli2.1.53-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-10699
Alpine:v3.21targetcli2.1.53-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-10699
Alpine:v3.22targetcli2.1.53-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-10699
Alpine:v3.23targetcli2.1.53-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-10699
Alpine:v3.24targetcli2.1.53-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-10699

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Datera, Inc targetcli Fixed in targetcli-fb 2.1.52

Weakness: CWE-732 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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