VDB
CVE-2020-15396
CVE-2020-15396
PUBLISHED
In HylaFAX+ through 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise, the faxsetup utility calls chown on files in user-owned directories. By winning a race, a local attacker could use this to escalate his privileges to root.
EPSS 0.04% · 11.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.04%
11.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | hylafax | 3:6.0.7-7, 3:6.0.7-5build1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | hylafax | 3:6.0.6-8, 0, 3:6.0.6-8.1~ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | hylafax | 0, * |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | hylafax | 0, 3:6.0.7-3.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | hylafax | 3:6.0.6-6, 0, 3:6.0.6-6+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | hylafax | *, *, 0 |
Timeline
- Jun 30, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 5, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15396 third-party-advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/hylafax/HylaFAX+/2534/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15396 third-party-advisory