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01 Record

CVE-2020-14342

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

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base score4.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

02 Description

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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 50.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-09-09 11:13Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 12:39Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-06-17
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 4.4)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class
  • CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
9cbcba39e51bf2e87795ddee64bc863d76b4d799196c8089d089725734190a65

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
sambacifs-utils6.11—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • cifs-utils
    Fixed in 2:6.11-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • cifs-utils
    Fixed in 2:6.11-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • cifs-utils
    Fixed in 2:6.11-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • cifs-utils
    Fixed in 2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • cifs-utils
    Fixed in 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

  • cifs-utils
    Fixed in 2:6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

  • cifs-utils
    Fixed in 2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1+esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.