CVE-2018-20052 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Cerner Connectivity Engine (CCE) 4 devices and firmware. It allows a local user with NOPASSWD sudo privileges to specific utilities to escalate to root, for instance, by manipulating cron jobs. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8) due to its low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 201812CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cerner:connectivity_engine_4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.