{"id":"CVE-2020-27985","details":"Security Onion v2 prior to 2.3.10 has an incorrect sudo configuration, which allows the administrative user to obtain root access without using the sudo password by editing and executing /home/\u003cuser\u003e/SecurityOnion/setup/so-setup.","modified":"2026-07-08T21:26:11.770254Z","published":"2020-11-23T14:15:12.187Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/releases"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/securityonion/commit/b14670030349a2747a00ace665568ab5f51ac47b"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://s1gh.sh/cve-2020-27985-security-onion-local-privilege-escalation/"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/security-onion-solutions/securityonion","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5344d30d56d966f869914eb1643a9cd9aa40d878"},{"fixed":"b14670030349a2747a00ace665568ab5f51ac47b"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:securityonionsolutions:security_onion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2.0.0"},{"fixed":"2.3.10"}],"source":["CPE_RANGE","REFERENCES"]}}],"versions":["2.2.0-rc3","2.3.2","2.3.1","2.3.0","2.1.0-rc2","2.0.1-rc1.1","2.0.1-rc1","2.0.0-rc1","1.4.1","1.4.0","1.3.0","1.2.1-1","1.2.1","1.1.4","1.1.3","1.0.4","v1.0.3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-27985.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}