CVE-2020-14072 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in MK-AUTH version 19.01, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. This flaw, rated 9.8 CVSS (Critical), stems from improper sanitization of shell metacharacters in the /auth admin scripts. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential interest from threat actors.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
19.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mk-auth:mk-auth:19.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
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