CVE-2020-8015 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the packaging of Exim in openSUSE Factory versions prior to 4.93.0.4-3.1. This UNIX symbolic link following flaw allows a local attacker to escalate privileges from a regular user to root. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), exploitation is considered low complexity and does not require user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.93.0.4-3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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:H
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