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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-0570

high Nessus Plugin ID 276038

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Uncontrolled search path in the QT Library before 5.14.0, 5.12.7 and 5.9.10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable elevation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2020-0570)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-0570

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 276038

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_0570.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/20/2025

Updated: 11/20/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-0570

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt5-srpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-srpm-macros

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0570