CVE-2020-8446 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to path traversal (with write access) via crafted syscheck messages written directly to the analysisd UNIX domain socket by a local user.

Published: 2020-01-30

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ossec:ossec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-29312	In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the server component responsible for log analysis (ossec-analysisd) is vulnerable to path traversal (with write access) via crafted syscheck messages written directly to the analysisd UNIX domain socket by a local user.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00504.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1813
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33
https://www.ossec.net/

History

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Subscriptions

Ossec Ossec

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-01-30T00:33:32.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:56:28.445Z

Reserved: 2020-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-8446

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-30T01:15:10.993

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:26:23.840

Link: CVE-2020-8446

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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