CVE-2020-10587
antiX and MX Linux allow local users to achieve root access via "persist-config --command /bin/sh...
antiX and MX Linux allow local users to achieve root access via "persist-config --command /bin/sh" because of the Sudo configuration.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
antiX and MX Linux allow local users to achieve root access via "persist-config --command /bin/sh" because of the Sudo configuration.
- Record
CVE-2020-10587- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
antiX and MX Linux allow local users to achieve root access via "persist-config --command /bin/sh" because of the Sudo configuration.
- Record
CVE-2020-10587- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-3038 No score
antiX and MX Linux allow local users to achieve root access via "persist-config --command /bin/sh" because of the Sudo configuration.
- Record
EUVD-2020-3038- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j889-m9mj-xrmv No score
antiX and MX Linux allow local users to achieve root access via "persist-config --command /bin/sh...
antiX and MX Linux allow local users to achieve root access via "persist-config --command /bin/sh" because of the Sudo configuration.
- Record
GHSA-j889-m9mj-xrmv- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-10587 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Mxlinux Mx Linux, published March 14, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.