High severity · published Apr 2, 2020
CVE-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
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EX
Exim · Exim
before 4.93.0.4-3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8015
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8015
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00010.html
Exploit
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154183
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