CVE-2020-7040 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in storeBackup through version 3.5, affecting products like Canonical, Debian, and openSUSE. The vulnerability, rated with a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), allows for potential privilege escalation due to storeBackup.pl's reliance on the /tmp/storeBackup.lock pathname. While the attack complexity is high, successful exploitation could lead to significant impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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