{"cve":"CVE-2020-11081","nvd":{"published":"2020-07-10T19:15:11.553","modified":"2026-06-17T02:49:00.690","status":"Modified","description":"osquery before version 4.4.0 enables a privilege escalation vulnerability. If a Window system is configured with a PATH that contains a user-writable directory then a local user may write a zlib1.dll DLL, which osquery will attempt to load. Since osquery runs with elevated privileges this enables local escalation. This is fixed in version 4.4.0.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.2},"cwes":["CWE-426","CWE-114"],"references":["https://github.com/osquery/osquery/commit/4d4957f12a6aa0becc9d01d9f97061e1e3d809c5","https://github.com/osquery/osquery/issues/6426","https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/6433","https://github.com/osquery/osquery/releases/tag/4.4.0","https://github.com/osquery/osquery/security/advisories/GHSA-2xwp-8fv7-c5pm"],"products":["linuxfoundation:osquery"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:06:22.076270124+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-11081","score":0.00587,"percentile":0.48111,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}