CVE-2020-15396 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting HylaFAX+ through version 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise, as well as products like fedoraproject and openSUSE. The vulnerability, rated 7.8 HIGH, allows a local attacker to achieve root privileges by exploiting a race condition during the faxsetup utility's chown operation on user-owned directories. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential impact includes full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hylafax\+_project:hylafax\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ifax:hylafax_enterprise:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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