Vulnerability · Published Jun 29, 2020 · Assigned by suse

CVE-2020-8024Problematic permissions in hylafax+ packaging allow escalation from uucp to other users

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect default permissions in openSUSE Factory from openSUSE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	hylafax	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8024
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	hylafax	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8024
Ubuntu:25.10	hylafax	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8024
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	hylafax	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8024
Ubuntu:26.10	hylafax	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8024

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
openSUSE	openSUSE Leap 15.2	hylafax+ – before 7.0.2-lp152.2.1
openSUSE	openSUSE Leap 15.1	hylafax+ – through 5.6.1-lp151.3.7
openSUSE	openSUSE Factory	hylafax+ – before 7.0.2-2.1

Weakness: CWE-276 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172731 x_refsource_CONFIRM
openSUSE-SU-2020:0958 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE