CVE-2020-8015 HIGH

CVE-2020-8015: Local privilege escalation in exim package from user mail to root

Vendor Opensuse

Product Factory

Weakness CWE-59

Published April 2, 2020

Last update September 16, 2024

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CVSS base score

8.4/10

Attack vector Local

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of exim in openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user mail to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory exim versions prior to 4.93.0.4-3.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 2, 2020 CVE published

September 16, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8015 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

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