What is CVE-2020-10589?

CVE-2020-10589 is a high-severity vulnerability in V2rayl Project, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-10589?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in V2rayl Project

CVE-2020-10589

v2rayL 2.1.3 allows local users to achieve root access because /etc/v2rayL/config.json is owned by a low-privileged user but contains commands that are executed as root, after v2rayL.service is restarted via Sudo.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.004 (31.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

V2rayl_project V2rayl — versions 2.1.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10589?: CVE-2020-10589 is a high-severity vulnerability in V2rayl Project, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-10589?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.