CVE-2020-8015 — Link Following in Factory

CWE-59 — Link Following7 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA8.4
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Opensuse FactoryExim
Timeline
PublishedApr 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5opensuse/factoryexim — 4.93.0.4-3.1
▶NVDexim/exim< 4.93.0.4-3.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
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↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Local privilege escalation in exim package from user mail to root↗2020-04-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation↗2019-10-16
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation [fedora-all]↗2020-04-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation [epel-all]↗2020-04-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8015 exim: Symlink Following could result in privilege escalation↗2020-04-07
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