Local privilege escalation to root due to insecure tmp file usage

published 2021-02-25 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-28944

cvss: 6.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits: 0; none known

A Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in the packaging of cyrus-sasl of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory cyrus-sasl version 2.1.27-4.2 and prior versions.

Patch / fix

distros 2

opensuse azure linux

cyrus-sasl openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.1.27-5.7

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10709-1

cyrus-sasl CBL-Mariner 2.0 2.1.27-10

azure linux advisories AZL-6370

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180669 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

openSUSE Factory

Classification

Weakness

CWE-377 DEPRECATED: Insecure Temporary File

References

bugzilla.suse.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1180669
exploit, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-8032
NVD CVE-2020-8032

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Summary