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CVE-2020-8014: opensuse leap UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
Published 29-06-2020Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-8014 is a high (CVSS 7.8) UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in opensuse leap. EPSS estimates a 0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.50%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 29-06-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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: openSUSE Leap 15.1 kopano-spamd versions prior to 10.0.5-lp151.4.1. openSUSE Tumbleweed kopano-spamd versions prior to 10.0.5-1.1.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

41%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.50% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.50%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.suse.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Opensuse4 products

1 vendor · 4 products

References

1 links