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CVE-2020-8014 (GCVE-0-2020-8014)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-29 12:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:13
VLAI
Title
kopano-python-services: Local privilege escalation from kopano to root in kopano-spamd subpackage
Summary
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of kopano-spamd of openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Tumbleweed allowed local attackers with the privileges of the kopano user to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 kopano-spamd versions prior to 10.0.5-lp151.4.1. openSUSE Tumbleweed kopano-spamd versions prior to 10.0.5-1.1.
Severity
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1 Affected: kopano-spamd , < 10.0.5-lp151.4.1 (custom)
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openSUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed Affected: kopano-spamd , < 10.0.5-1.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2020-05-19 00:00
Credits
Johannes Segitz of SUSE
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