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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2020-8024 json

Problematic permissions in hylafax+ packaging allow escalation from uucp to other users

published 2020-06-29 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-28936

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of hylafax+ of openSUSE Leap 15.2, openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user uucp to users calling hylafax binaries. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-lp152.2.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 hylafax+ version 5.6.1-lp151.3.7 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-2.1.

Patch / fix

  • openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.2 7.0.2-lp152.2.1
  • openSUSE openSUSE Factory 7.0.2-2.1
  • hylafax+ openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.0.3-5.1
  • hylafax+ openSUSE Leap 15.1 7.0.2-lp151.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10852-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0958-1

Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1
  • openSUSE openSUSE Factory

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

Sources

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