CVE-2020-10589 — v2rayL 2

v2rayL 2.1.3 allows local users to achieve root access because /etc/v2rayL/config.json is owned by a low-privileged user but contains commands that are executed as root, after v2rayL.service is restarted via Sudo.

01What is this vulnerability?

v2rayL 2.1.3 allows local users to achieve root access because /etc/v2rayL/config.json is owned by a low-privileged user but contains commands that are executed as root, after v2rayL.service is restarted via Sudo.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-03-15T20:25:36.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T11:06:09.954Z

09References

• gist.github.com — https://gist.github.com/bash-c/6ac238e8b15e60c9105e8cb6b42ec43c#file-v2rayl-lpe-…