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CVE-2020-12620 Details

Description

Pi-hole 4.4 allows a user able to write to /etc/pihole/dns-servers.conf to escalate privileges through command injection (shell metacharacters after an IP address).

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://0xpanic.github.io/2020/07/21/Pihole.html CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole CVEThird Party Advisory
https://pi-hole.net/ CVEVendor Advisory
https://0xpanic.github.io/2020/07/21/Pihole.html [email protected]ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole [email protected]Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
pi-hole pi-hole
< 5.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:pi-hole:pi-hole:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-12620
NVD Published Date:
Jul 30, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-12620 Details - Not Deferred