CVE-2020-26131 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Open DHCP Server (Regular) 1.75 and Open DHCP Server (LDAP Based) 0.1Beta. Due to insufficient access restrictions in the default installation directory, a local attacker can replace the legitimate executable with a malicious one, leading to elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:open_dhcp_server_project:open_dhcp_server:0.1:beta:*:*:ldap:*:*:* | ||
1.75CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:open_dhcp_server_project:open_dhcp_server:1.75:*:*:*:regular:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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