CVE-2020-8016 is a race condition vulnerability in the texlive-filesystem package affecting SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4/SP5, and openSUSE Leap 15.1. This flaw allows a local attacker to corrupt files or potentially escalate privileges through link following. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.0 (High), the attack requires local access and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but with high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2017.135-9.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:texlive-filesystem:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2013.74-16.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:texlive-filesystem:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:texlive-filesystem:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:texlive-filesystem:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.