CVE-2020-8446

low-risk
Published 2020-01-30

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.18% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Ossec

Affected Vendors

Ossec

References (8)

Exploit https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1813
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33
Vendor Advisory https://www.ossec.net/
Exploit https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1813
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/issues/1821
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33
Vendor Advisory https://www.ossec.net/
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal