CVE-2020-8015

Upstream information

CVE-2020-8015 at MITRE

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.2
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

CVSS v3 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.8
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1154062 [IN_PROGRESS], 1154183 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2020:0491-1, published Thu Dec 7 12:55:39 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2021:0753-1, published Thu May 20 15:39:10 2021

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	exim >= 4.94.2-bp151.2.4.1 eximon >= 4.94.2-bp151.2.4.1 eximstats-html >= 4.94.2-bp151.2.4.1 libspf2-2 >= 1.2.10-bp151.4.1 libspf2-devel >= 1.2.10-bp151.4.1 libspf2-tools >= 1.2.10-bp151.4.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-753
openSUSE Leap 15.1	exim >= 4.88-lp151.4.12.1 eximon >= 4.88-lp151.4.12.1 eximstats-html >= 4.88-lp151.4.12.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2020-491
openSUSE Tumbleweed	exim >= 4.94.2-4.2 eximon >= 4.94.2-4.2 eximstats-html >= 4.94.2-4.2	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10746

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Feb 18 17:07:20 2020
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:24:23 2025