Cobbler CobblerXMLRPCInterface object exposes all its functions over XMLRPC. This allows an attacker to use internal the internal functions of the class, such as creating a token, or upload files.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1916

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/pull/1921

References:

https://movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api/

Cobbler before 2.0.4 uses an incorrect umask value, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by leveraging world writable permissions for files and directories.