CVE-2020-28169 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the td-agent-builder plugin for Fluentd, affecting Debian and Windows systems. An attacker with low privileges can exploit insecure directory permissions to execute arbitrary code as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-49363) exists, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2020-12-18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:td-agent-builder_project:td-agent-builder:*:*:*:*:*:fluentd:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.