CVE-2020-8016

A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the packaging of 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 to corrupt files or potentially escalate privileges. 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 v3.1

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

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2.0

4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 21th percentile

Published

2020-04-02

Updated

2024-09-16

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159740

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-8015
• CVE-2020-8019
• CVE-2020-8014
• CVE-2020-8023
• CVE-2020-8012
• CVE-2020-8029