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CVE-2018-20052

N/A
Published: April 25, 2019 at 03:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorConnectivity Engine 4 FirmwareConnectivity Engine 4

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

An issue was discovered on Cerner Connectivity Engine (CCE) 4 devices. The user running the main CCE firmware has NOPASSWD sudo privileges to several utilities that could be used to escalate privileges to root. One example is the "sudo ln -s /tmp/script /etc/cron.hourly/script" command.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Connectivity Engine 4 Firmware· Cerner
95%
v < 201812
Affected range stops below 201812, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cerner-connectivity-engine-4 (same device)
Connectivity Engine 4· Cernerdevice
80%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.securifera.com/advisories/cve-2018-20052-20053/

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-1188

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