Privilege escalation in Jetbrains Kotlin
CVE-2020-15824
In JetBrains Kotlin from 1.4-M1 to 1.4-RC (as Kotlin 1.3.7x is not affected by the issue. Fixed version is 1.4.0) there is a script-cache privilege escalation vulnerability due to kotlin-main-kts cached scripts in the system temp directory…
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.018 (76.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Jetbrains Kotlin — versions 1.4.0
- Oracle Banking_extensibility_workbench — versions 14.2, 14.3, 14.5
- Oracle Communications_cloud_native_core_policy — versions 1.14.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-15824?
- CVE-2020-15824 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Kotlin, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-08-08.
- How severe is CVE-2020-15824?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.