CVE-2018-20909 describes a vulnerability in cPanel versions prior to 70.0.23, allowing an authenticated local attacker to perform arbitrary file-chmod operations during legacy incremental backups. This flaw carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.1 (HIGH), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local privileges, but potentially leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 61.9999.55, < 62.0.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 67.9999.64, < 68.0.33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 69.9999.122, < 70.0.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cpanel:cpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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:N
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