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CVE-2018-20106
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-03-15T20:29:00.730 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:52:17.670

Summary

In yast2-printer up to and including version 4.0.2 the SMB printer settings don't escape characters in passwords properly. If a password with backticks or simliar characters is supplied this allows for executing code as root. This requires tricking root to enter such a password in yast.

Affected products

opensuse — yast2-printer

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References

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