{"id":"CVE-2020-28046","aliases":["EUVD-2020-20536","GHSA-2cg6-qwvv-86qv"],"status":"published","title":"An issue was discovered in ProlinOS through 2.4.161.8859R. An attacker with local code execution...","description":"An issue was discovered in ProlinOS through 2.4.161.8859R. An attacker with local code execution privileges as a normal user (MAINAPP) can escalate to root privileges by exploiting the setuid installation of the xtables-multi binary and leveraging the ip6tables --modprobe switch.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00516,"percentile":0.44234,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"published":"2020-11-01T17:39:05Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:10:03Z","products":[{"vendor":"pax","product":"prolinos"}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.lsd.cat/g/pax-pwn","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28046"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2cg6-qwvv-86qv"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-28046","description":"An issue was discovered in ProlinOS through 2.4.161.8859R. An attacker with local code execution privileges as a normal user (MAINAPP) can escalate to root privileges by exploiting the setuid installation of the xtables-multi binary and leveraging the ip6tables --modprobe switch.","status":"published","published":"2020-11-01T17:39:05Z","modified":"2024-08-04T16:33:56.924Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:57.352161Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-20536","description":"An issue was discovered in ProlinOS through 2.4.161.8859R. An attacker with local code execution privileges as a normal user (MAINAPP) can escalate to root privileges by exploiting the setuid installation of the xtables-multi binary and leveraging the ip6tables --modprobe switch.","status":"published","published":"2020-11-01T17:39:05Z","modified":"2024-08-04T16:33:56Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:07:10.69897Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-2cg6-qwvv-86qv","title":"An issue was discovered in ProlinOS through 2.4.161.8859R. An attacker with local code execution...","description":"An issue was discovered in ProlinOS through 2.4.161.8859R. An attacker with local code execution privileges as a normal user (MAINAPP) can escalate to root privileges by exploiting the setuid installation of the xtables-multi binary and leveraging the ip6tables --modprobe switch.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T17:33:01Z","modified":"2023-01-29T05:04:34Z","cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:45:35.161944Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2020-28046","description":"An issue was discovered in ProlinOS through 2.4.161.8859R. An attacker with local code execution privileges as a normal user (MAINAPP) can escalate to root privileges by exploiting the setuid installation of the xtables-multi binary and leveraging the ip6tables --modprobe switch.","status":"published","published":"2020-11-02T21:15:31.617Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:10:03.937Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/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-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:06:21.80969Z"}]}}