PT-2019-10375 · Cpanel · Cpanel

Published 2019-08-01 · Updated 2019-08-07 · CVE-2018-20940

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: cPanel versions prior to 68.0.27

Description: The issue allows attackers to read the root's crontab file during a short time interval when backups are enabled.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 68.0.27, update to version 68.0.27 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-20940

Affected Products

Cpanel

References · 4

• https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/CL/68+Change+Log · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20940 · Security Note
• https://news.cpanel.com/cpanel-tsr-2018-0001-full-disclosure · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20940 · Vendor Advisory