Security advisory

{
  "id": "dc97d05b1fba9ebf5353ec5ef928f88f28039c684d8c18822d1b7b74346b3f66",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14342",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-14342",
    "summary": "It was found that cifs-utils' mount.cifs was invoking a shell when requesting the Samba password, which could be used to inject arbitrary commands. An attacker able to invoke mount.cifs with special permission, such as via sudo rules, could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-14342",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-14342",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-14342"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "9449c2ac7419ef45fc08f7d4a654c100ee26fa17"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "5ff5fc2ecc10353fd39ad508db5c2828fd2d8d9a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:samba:cifs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.6"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "6.10"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "cifs-utils-6.10",
            "cifs-utils-6.9",
            "cifs-utils-6.8",
            "cifs-utils-6.7",
            "cifs-utils-6.6",
            "cifs-utils-6.5",
            "cifs-utils-6.4",
            "cifs-utils-6.3",
            "cifs-utils-6.2",
            "cifs-utils-6.1",
            "cifs-utils-6.0",
            "cifs-utils-5.9",
            "cifs-utils-5.8",
            "cifs-utils-5.7",
            "cifs-utils-5.6"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-14342.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:46.696669778Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DUMRICFXJVCBBOSKZSKT3HFVQM6VPJU3/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBNFSTJOQWVPFZAUJNNMAPY45PW5RTTE/",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-16",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14342",
        "https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2020-September/135747.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "32"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "32"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "33"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "33"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-14342",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436390,
  "published_at": "2020-09-09T12:15:11.21+00:00"
}