CVE-2020-11081 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-11081: osquery susceptible to DLL search order hijacking of zlib1.dll

Vendor Osquery
Product osquery
Weakness CWE-114
Published July 10, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

osquery before version 4.4.0 enables a privilege escalation vulnerability. If a Window system is configured with a PATH that contains a user-writable directory then a local user may write a zlib1.dll DLL, which osquery will attempt to load. Since osquery runs with elevated privileges this enables local escalation. This is fixed in version 4.4.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 10, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated