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FKIE_CVE-2020-8018

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-05-04 12:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:25
Severity
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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;
References
meissner@suse.dehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163813Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163813Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 15
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