CVE-2020-11107 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in XAMPP before 7.2.29, 7.3.x before 7.3.16 , and 7.4.x before 7.4.4 on Windows. An unprivileged user can change a .exe configuration in xampp-contol.ini for all users (including admins) to enable arbitrary command execution.

Published: 2020-04-02

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 22.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apachefriends:xampp::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apachefriends:xampp::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apachefriends:xampp::::::::

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

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.2247.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164292/XAMPP-7.4.3-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://www.apachefriends.org/blog/new_xampp_20200401.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apachefriends Xampp

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-04-02T17:44:24.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:21:14.684Z

Reserved: 2020-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-11107

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-02T18:15:18.773

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:49:03.827

Link: CVE-2020-11107

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-732

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