CVE-2020-8015
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.005 · 44 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (2)
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references (8)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00010.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154183cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8015cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/openSUSE-privilege-escalation-via-Exim-Symlink-31989cnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00010.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154183enisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00010.htmlnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154183ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisorynvd
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