CVE-2020-8018

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8018
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-04 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-12 17:19:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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;

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1163813 – VUL-0: CVE-2020-8018: User owned /etc in SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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