CVE-2020-24356 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting cloudflared versions prior to 2020.8.1 on Windows systems. An attacker could exploit this by manipulating cloudflared's configuration file search path to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2020.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cloudflare:cloudflared:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
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