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CVE-2020-8024
Problematic permissions in hylafax+ packaging allow escalation from uucp to other users
Medium5.3EPSS 0.54%
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- suse
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| suseCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.54% · top 54% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
openSUSE · openSUSE Leap 15.2
- affected hylafax+ – < 7.0.2-lp152.2.1
openSUSE · openSUSE Leap 15.1
- affected hylafax+ – ≤ 5.6.1-lp151.3.7
openSUSE · openSUSE Factory
- affected hylafax+ – < 7.0.2-2.1
References (2)
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172731 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0958 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .