{"id":"CVE-2018-20052","aliases":["EUVD-2018-12629","GHSA-7gmc-347m-8mwf"],"status":"published","title":"An issue was discovered on Cerner Connectivity Engine (CCE) 4 devices. The user running the main...","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.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.00378,"percentile":0.32042,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-1188"],"published":"2019-04-25T15:40:27Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:52:13Z","products":[{"vendor":"cerner","product":"connectivity_engine_4_firmware"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.securifera.com/advisories/cve-2018-20052-20053/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20052"},{"url":"https://www.securifera.com/advisories/cve-2018-20052-20053"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7gmc-347m-8mwf"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2018-20052","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.","status":"published","published":"2019-04-25T15:40:27Z","modified":"2024-08-05T11:51:18.805Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:59.872731Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2018-12629","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.","status":"published","published":"2019-04-25T15:40:27Z","modified":"2024-08-05T11:51:18Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:39:31.9745Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-7gmc-347m-8mwf","title":"An issue was discovered on Cerner Connectivity Engine (CCE) 4 devices. The user running the main...","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.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T16:44:36Z","modified":"2024-04-04T00:06:37Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-1188"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:55:49.472376Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2018-20052","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.","status":"published","published":"2019-04-25T16:29:00.233Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:52:13.25Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-1188"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:04:55.136632Z"}]}}