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CVE-2020-7009

CVE information

Published

4 years ago

Last Modified

4 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

CVSSv3.1 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 before 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 before 7.6.2 contain a privilege escalation flaw if an attacker is able to create API keys. An attacker who is able to generate an API key can perform a series of steps that result in an API key being generated with elevated privileges..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.5/10
Exploit Score
8/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
Single
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
8.8/10
Exploit Score
2.8/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
Impact Score
5.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
High
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
High
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
6.7.0 6.8.8
cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
7.0.0 7.6.2