What is CVE-2018-20940?

CVE-2018-20940 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-20940?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cpanel

CVE-2018-20940

cPanel before 68.0.27 allows attackers to read root's crontab file during a short time interval upon the enabling of backups (SEC-342).

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.003 (18.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Cpanel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
nvd@nist.gov (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20940?: CVE-2018-20940 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cpanel, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-20940?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.