CVE-2020-36772
CloudLinux CageFS 7.0.8-2 or below insufficiently restricts file paths supplied to the sendmail...
CloudLinux CageFS 7.0.8-2 or below insufficiently restricts file paths supplied to the sendmail proxy command. This allows local users to read and write arbitrary files of certain file formats outside the CageFS environment.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
CloudLinux CageFS 7.0.8-2 or below insufficiently restricts file paths supplied to the sendmail proxy command. This allows local users to read and write arbitrary files of certain file formats outside the CageFS environment.
- Record
CVE-2020-36772- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-73, CWE-610
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
CloudLinux CageFS 7.0.8-2 or below insufficiently restricts file paths supplied to the sendmail proxy command. This allows local users to read and write arbitrary files of certain file formats outside the CageFS environment.
- Record
CVE-2020-36772- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-24213
CloudLinux CageFS 7.0.8-2 or below insufficiently restricts file paths supplied to the sendmail proxy command. This allows local users to read and write arbitrary files of certain file formats outside the CageFS environment.
- Record
EUVD-2020-24213- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xcjc-c88c-v52w
CloudLinux CageFS 7.0.8-2 or below insufficiently restricts file paths supplied to the sendmail...
CloudLinux CageFS 7.0.8-2 or below insufficiently restricts file paths supplied to the sendmail proxy command. This allows local users to read and write arbitrary files outside the CageFS environment in a limited way.
- Record
GHSA-xcjc-c88c-v52w- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-73, CWE-610
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-36772 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Cloudlinux Cagefs, published January 22, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 31st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
blog.cloudlinux.com/lve-manager-lve-stats-lve-utils-and-alt-python27-cllib-have-been-rolled-out-to-100
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/25
packetstormsecurity.com/files/176791/CloudLinux-CageFS-7.0.8-2-Insufficiently-Restricted-Proxy-Command.html
github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2020/SBA-ADV-20200707-02_CloudLinux_CageFS_Insufficiently_Restricted_Proxy_Commands
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36772