CVE-2020-8018 (GCVE-0-2020-8018)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-04 11:35 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
User owned /etc in SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS
Summary
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS and SLES15-SP1-CAP-Deployment-BYOS images of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 allows local attackers with the UID 1000 to escalate to root due to a /etc directory owned by the user This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 SLES15-SP1-CAP-Deployment-BYOS version 1.0.1 and prior versions; SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS versions prior to 1.0.3 and prior versions;
Severity
8.4 (High)
CWE
- CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163813 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 |
Affected:
SLES15-SP1-CAP-Deployment-BYOS , ≤ 1.0.1
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 |
Affected:
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS , ≤ 1.0.3
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2020-04-03 00:00
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