What is CVE-2020-8014?

CVE-2020-8014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap 15.1, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2020-06-29.

How severe is CVE-2020-8014?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Opensuse Leap 15.1

CVE-2020-8014

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of kopano-spamd of openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Tumbleweed allowed local attackers with the privileges of the kopano user to escalate to root. This issue affects: open…

EPSS: 0.000 (10.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Opensuse Leap 15.1 — versions kopano-spamd
Opensuse Tumbleweed — versions kopano-spamd

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-61 — UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8014?: CVE-2020-8014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap 15.1, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2020-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2020-8014?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.