CVE-2020-8015
published 2020-04-02CVE-2020-8015: 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…
PriorityP336high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.53%
41.4th percentile
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.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| exim | exim | < 4.93.0.4-3.1 | 4.93.0.4-3.1 |
| opensuse | factory | >= exim < 4.93.0.4-3.1 | 4.93.0.4-3.1 |
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
vendor_redhat8.4HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-rpgh-5p2m-vxqx: A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of exim in openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user mail
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-8015 [HIGH] CWE-59 GHSA-rpgh-5p2m-vxqx: A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of exim in openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user mail
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.
Red Hat
exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation
vendor_redhat·2019-10-16·CVSS 8.4
CVE-2020-8015 [HIGH] CWE-59 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation
exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation
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.
Package: exim (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Out of support scope
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2020-04-07·CVSS 8.4
CVE-2020-8015 [HIGH] CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation [fedora-all]
CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supporte
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation [epel-all]
bugzilla·2020-04-07·CVSS 8.4
CVE-2020-8015 [HIGH] CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation [epel-all]
CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported ve
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation
bugzilla·2020-04-07·CVSS 8.4
CVE-2020-8015 [HIGH] CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation
CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of exim allows local attackers to escalate from user mail to root.
Discussion:
Created exim tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-all [bug 1821776]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1821775]
2020-04-02
Published