CVE-2018-20106CWE-78

SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly

Medium · published March 15, 2019

CVSS v3.0
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
63.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In yast2-printer up to and including version 4.0.2 the SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly. If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root. This requires tricking root to enter such a password in yast.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01023 · 63.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Published
2019-03-15T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 MAR 20:00Z
    SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly
    cvelistv5