CVE-2020-8015CWE-59

Local privilege escalation in exim package from user mail to root

High · published April 2, 2020

CVSS v3.1
8.4
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00528 · 43.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2020-04-02T07:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 APR 07:55Z
    Local privilege escalation in exim package from user mail to root
    cvelistv5