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CVE-2020-28169 Details

Description

The td-agent-builder plugin before 2020-12-18 for Fluentd allows attackers to gain privileges because the bin directory is writable by a user account, but a file in bin is executed as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160791/Fluentd-TD-agent-4.0.1-Insecure-Folder-Permission.html CVEExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://docs.fluentd.org/installation/install-by-msi CVEProductVendor Advisory
https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/issues/3201 CVEExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/fluent-plugins-nursery/td-agent-builder/pull/247/commits/6f9cb6393392d62caa99907c0ebbcbab6b94a3f1 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/kenhys/td-agent-builder/commit/eec6e2dedf12f2e0c01c2bbe7b8c15b639b3b938 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
td-agent-builder project td-agent-builder
< 2020-12-18

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:td-agent-builder_project:td-agent-builder:*:*:*:*:*:fluentd:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
10.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-28169
NVD Published Date:
Dec 24, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-28169 Details - Not Deferred