CVE-2020-8013
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in chkstat of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 set permissions intended for specific binaries on other binaries because it erroneously followed symlinks. The symlinks can't be controlled by attackers on default systems, so exploitation is difficult. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 permissions versions prior to 2015.09.28.1626-17.27.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 permissions versions prior to 20181116-9.23.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 permissions versions prior to 2013.1.7-0.6.12.1.
EPSS 0.05% · 16.8th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | permissions |
| opensuse | leap | 15.1 |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11, 15, 12 |
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | permissions |
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 | permissions |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Mar 2, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0302 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163922 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8013 advisory