CVE-2018-20052

High

Description

An issue was discovered on Cerner Connectivity Engine (CCE) 4 devices. The user running the main CCE firmware has NOPASSWD sudo privileges to several utilities that could be used to escalate privileges to root. One example is the "sudo ln -s /tmp/script /etc/cron.hourly/script" command.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductCerner Connectivity Engine 4 Firmware
PublishedApr 25, 2019
First seenApr 25, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • cerner connectivity_engine_4_firmware201812 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cerner connectivity_engine_4_firmwarev < 201812201812

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