Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-1708 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
It has been found in openshift-enterprise version 3.11 and all openshift-enterprise versions from 4.1 to, including 4.3, that multiple containers modify the permissions of /etc/passwd to make them modifiable by users other than root. An attacker with access to the running container can exploit this to modify /etc/passwd to add a user and escalate their privileges. This CVE is specific to the openshift/mysql-apb.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
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| Application | 4 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
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