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CVE-2020-10587

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

antiX and MX Linux allow local users to achieve root access via "persist-config --command /bin/sh" because of the Sudo configuration.

Affected products

• Antixlinux Antix Linux: all versions
• Mxlinux Mx Linux: all versions

References

• https://gist.github.com/bash-c/d2055b5047e56a0b49c95b461347c619#file-antix-exp-sh
• https://gist.github.com/bash-c/d2055b5047e56a0b49c95b461347c619#file-mx-exp-sh
• https://gist.github.com/bash-c/d2055b5047e56a0b49c95b461347c619#file-antix-exp-sh
• https://gist.github.com/bash-c/d2055b5047e56a0b49c95b461347c619#file-mx-exp-sh

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