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CVE-2020-15396
published 2020-06-30

CVE-2020-15396: In HylaFAX+ through 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise, the faxsetup utility calls chown on files in user-owned directories. By winning a race, a local attacker…

PriorityP339high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.38%
31.0th percentile
In HylaFAX+ through 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise, the faxsetup utility calls chown on files in user-owned directories. By winning a race, a local attacker could use this to escalate his privileges to root.

Affected

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianhylafax< hylafax 3:6.0.7-3.1 (bookworm)hylafax 3:6.0.7-3.1 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
hylafaxhylafax>= 0 < 3:6.0.7-3.13:6.0.7-3.1
hylafaxhylafax>= 0 < 3:6.0.7-3.13:6.0.7-3.1
hylafaxhylafax>= 0 < 3:6.0.7-3.13:6.0.7-3.1
hylafaxhylafax>= 0 < 3:6.0.7-3.13:6.0.7-3.1
hylafax_+_projecthylafax<= 7.0.2
opensusebackports_sle
opensuseleap
opensuseleap

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
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