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CVE-2020-15824

Published: Aug 8, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-269
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.8%
Top 23.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

In JetBrains Kotlin from 1.4-M1 to 1.4-RC (as Kotlin 1.3.7x is not affected by the issue. Fixed version is 1.4.0) there is a script-cache privilege escalation vulnerability due to kotlin-main-kts cached scripts in the system temp directory, which is shared by all users by default.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

n/an/a
kotlinjetbrains
Mixed
DevTools & CI / ide-editor
banking extensibility workbenchoracle
On-prem
Databases / relational
communications cloud native core policyoracle
On-premDatabase
Databases / cache-message-queue
jetbrainscommercialCZDevTools & CIaka teamcity, youtrack, intellij idea
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra12c3e23b021f259a201648005b9946acd7f618a6f32301c97047967%40%3Cusers.groovy.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra12c3e23b021f259a201648005b9946acd7f618a6f32301c97047967%40%3Cdev.groovy.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/06/1
openwall.com
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Timeline

Published
Aug 8, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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