What is CVE-2020-10789?

CVE-2020-10789 is a critical-severity vulnerability in It-novum Openitcockpit, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-10789?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in It-novum Openitcockpit

CVE-2020-10789

openITCOCKPIT before 3.7.3 has a web-based terminal that allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters that are mishandled on an su command line in app/Lib/SudoMessageInterface.php.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.019 (78.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

It-novum Openitcockpit
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10789?: CVE-2020-10789 is a critical-severity vulnerability in It-novum Openitcockpit, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-10789?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.