CVE-2020-16282
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn the default configuration of Rangee GmbH RangeeOS 8.0.4, all components are executed in the context of the privileged root user. This may allow a local attacker to break out of the restricted environment or inject malicious code into the application and fully compromise the operating system.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIn RangeeOS 8.0.4 default configuration, all system components execute with root user privileges. This design flaw enables a local attacker with any level of access to escape sandbox restrictions or inject malicious code, achieving full operating system compromise.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 8.0.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the operating systemRun 'uname -a' or check /etc/os-release to confirm the system is RangeeOSAffected if The system is not RangeeOS or the OS cannot be identified as Rangee
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Verify the installed versionRun 'cat /etc/version' or 'cat /etc/rangeeos-version' to check the exact version numberAffected if The version is exactly 8.0.4
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Check if processes run as rootRun 'ps aux' or 'ps -ef' to list running processes and examine the USER columnAffected if Most or all user-space processes show 'root' as the executing user
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Inspect service configurationCheck service unit files in /etc/systemd/system/ or /etc/init.d/ for the 'User=' directive - look for its absence or root assignmentAffected if Services lack a 'User=' directive or explicitly run as User=root
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Check for privilege separationReview /etc/passwd for non-root service accounts and examine if any applications use dedicated non-root usersAffected if All application-level users in /etc/passwd are system accounts with no dedicated service users, or all applications run under root
If the system is RangeeOS version 8.0.4 and processes or services execute primarily or exclusively as the root user without dedicated service accounts, the environment is affected by this CVE.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement least-privilege execution by running individual services and applications under dedicated non-root user accounts, isolating components, and restricting root-level access to only essential system operations.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2020-16282 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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