CVE-2018-20052

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in cerner connectivity engine 4 firmware. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered on Cerner Connectivity Engine (CCE) 4 devices. The user running the main CCE firmware has NOPASSWD sudo privileges to several utilities that could be used to escalate privileges to root. One example is the "sudo ln -s /tmp/script /etc/cron.hourly/script" command.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-1188
Published: 2019-04-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

cerner:connectivity_engine_4_firmware

References

https://www.securifera.com/advisories/cve-2018-20052-20053/
https://www.securifera.com/advisories/cve-2018-20052-20053/

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