CVE-2020-8023 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the openldap2 start script affecting numerous SUSE and openSUSE products. A local attacker can exploit this flaw to elevate privileges from the 'ldap' user to 'root'. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.4.41-18.71.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:openldap2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.4.26-0.74.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:openldap2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.4.46-9.31.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:openldap2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:openldap2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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