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CVE-2020-8017

MEDIUM
Published 2020-04-02T14:05:18.643959Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.2
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.228
Higher than 22.8% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the cron job shipped with texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local users in group mktex to delete arbitrary files on the system This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-9.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1

Affected Versions:

texlive-filesystem
SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4

Affected Versions:

texlive-filesystem
SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

Affected Versions:

texlive-filesystem
openSUSE

openSUSE Leap 15.1

Affected Versions:

texlive-filesystem

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed LOW

GHSA-h5g4-pg5p-f88v

Advisory Details

A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the cron job shipped with texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local users in group mktex to delete arbitrary files on the system This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-9.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

2.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8017
WEB https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158910
WEB http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00021.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: September 20, 2022

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00021.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158910
Published: 2020-04-02T14:05:18.643959Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T01:50:50.369Z
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