Vulnerability · Published Oct 28, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-16262
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://winstonprivacy.com/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/winston-privacy-version-1.5.4 x_refsource_MISC