CVE-2020-8017 is a race condition vulnerability in the texlive-filesystem cron job affecting specific versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap. This flaw allows local users within the 'mktex' group to delete arbitrary files on the system due to a link following vulnerability. With a CVSS score of 6.3 (Medium), exploitation requires local access and high attack complexity, but can lead to high impact on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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