4.6
CVSSv2

CVE-2020-8290

Published: 27/12/2020 Updated: 31/12/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 410
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Backblaze for Windows and Backblaze for macOS prior to 7.0.0.439 suffer from improper privilege management in `bztransmit` helper due to lack of permission handling and validation before creation of client update directories allowing for local escalation of privilege via rogue client update binary.

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Mailing Lists

Thanks, Reed I've updated the GitHub repository name to reflect this change The detailed write-up can now be found at githubcom/geffner/CVE-2020-8290/blob/master/READMEmd On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 3:52 AM Reed Loden <reed () reedloden com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure m ...
Due to a process fail, this CVE ID was accidentally reused for another vulnerability The updated CVE ID for this issue is CVE-2020-8290 We apologize to Jason and others for the inconvenience caused by this error Happy holidays, ~reed (for HackerOne) On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 10:16 AM Jason Geffner <geffner () gmail com> wrote: _______ ...

Github Repositories

CVE-2020-8290 – Elevation of Privilege in Backblaze

CVE-2020-8290 – Elevation of Privilege in Backblaze Summary Name: Elevation of Privilege in Backblaze CVE: CVE-2020-8290 Discoverer: Jason Geffner Vendor: Backblaze Product: Backblaze for Windows and Backblaze for macOS Risk: High Discovery Date: 2020-03-13 Publication Data: 2020-09-09 Fixed Version: 700439 Introduction Per Wikipedia, Backblaze is "an online back

CVE-2020-8290 – Elevation of Privilege in Backblaze

CVE-2020-8290 – Elevation of Privilege in Backblaze Summary Name: Elevation of Privilege in Backblaze CVE: CVE-2020-8290 Discoverer: Jason Geffner Vendor: Backblaze Product: Backblaze for Windows and Backblaze for macOS Risk: High Discovery Date: 2020-03-13 Publication Data: 2020-09-09 Fixed Version: 700439 Introduction Per Wikipedia, Backblaze is "an online back