#VU25404 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Vantage Velocity - CVE-2020-9024

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#VU25404 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Vantage Velocity - CVE-2020-9024

Published: February 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25404
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9024
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Vantage Velocity
Software vendor:
Iteris, Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected devices have world-writable permissions for the "/root/cleardata.pl " (executed as root by crond) and "/root/loadperl.sh" (executed as root at boot time) scripts. A remote attacker can gain elevated privileges on the target system.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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