CVE-2020-24356 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-24356: Local Privilege Escalation in cloudflared

Vendor Cloudflare
Product cloudflared
Published October 2, 2020
Last update September 17, 2024
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CVSS base score

6.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

`cloudflared` versions prior to 2020.8.1 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability on Windows systems. When run on a Windows system, `cloudflared` searches for configuration files which could be abused by a malicious entity to execute commands as a privileged user. Version 2020.8.1 fixes this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 2, 2020 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated