CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2020-36695 — Hitachi Compute Systems Manager security vulnerability
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager on Linux (Device Manager Server component), Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager on Linux, Hitachi Replication Manager on Linux, Hitachi Tuning Manager on Linux (Hitachi Tuning Manager server, Hitachi Tuning Manager - Agent for RAID, Hitachi Tuning Manager - Agent for NAS components), Hitachi Compute Systems Manager on Linux allows File Manipulation.This issue affects Hitachi Device Manager: before 8.8.5-02; Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager: before 8.8.5-02; Hitachi Replication Manager: before 8.8.5-02; Hitachi Tuning Manager: before 8.8.5-02; Hitachi Compute Systems Manager: before 8.8.3-08.
- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.8 (3.1)
- Published
- 2023-07-18
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-276
Affected products
- hitachi / compute_systems_manager
- hitachi / device_manager
- hitachi / replication_manager
- hitachi / tiered_storage_manager
- hitachi / tuning_manager
Matched remediation archetype
Privilege escalation and unsafe privilege management
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Check exposure
- Map service accounts, operating-system identities, roles, capabilities, impersonation, set-user transitions, and administrative helper paths.
- Determine whether untrusted users or lower-privilege processes can reach the affected transition or modify inputs it trusts.
- Review file, socket, registry, device, job, container, and cloud-role permissions used before and after privilege changes.
Remediate safely
- Apply the supported fix and redesign privileged operations as a minimal, authenticated, allowlisted interface.
- Drop privileges before processing untrusted input, verify the drop succeeds, and remove unnecessary roles, capabilities, and write permissions.
- Validate ownership and permissions at time of use and add explicit lower-to-higher privilege boundary tests.
Authoritative sources
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