High severity · published Jun 29, 2020
CVE-2020-8022
User-writeable configuration file /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf allows for escalation of priviliges
7.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of tomcat on SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 allows local attackers to escalate from group tomcat to root. This issue affects: SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.39.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.39.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.57.3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 tomcat versions prior to 9.0.35-3.57.3. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 tomcat versions prior to 8.0.53-29.32.1.
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)0.9% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Tomcat · Apache
before 8.0.53-29.32.1; before 8.0.53-29.32.1; before 8.0.53-29.32.1; before 8.0.53-29.32.1; before 8.0.53-29.32.1; before 8.0.53-29.32.1; +7 more · source: NVD
SE
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 · SUSE
tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL · SUSE
tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS · SUSE
tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL · SUSE
tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS · SUSE
tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 · SUSE
tomcat before 9.0.35-3.39.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 · SUSE
tomcat before 9.0.35-3.39.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS · SUSE
tomcat before 9.0.35-3.57.3 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 · SUSE
tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 · SUSE
tomcat before 8.0.53-29.32.1 · source: vendor
SL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 · SUSE
tomcat before 9.0.35-3.57.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8022
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8022
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00066.html
Exploit
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172405
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r393d4f431683e99c839b4aed68f720b8583bca6c35cd84adccaa02be%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5be80ba868a11a1f64e4922399f171b8619bca4bc2039f79cf913928%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra87ec20a0f4b226c81c7eed27e5d7433ccdc41e61a8da408a45f0fa1%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf50d02409e5732c4ee37f19a193af171251a25a652599ce3c2bc69e7%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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