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CVE-2020-8024

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8024 describes an Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the hylafax+ packaging for openSUSE Leap 15.1, 15.2, and Factory. This flaw allows a local attacker to escalate privileges from the 'uucp' user to users executing hylafax binaries. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.3), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to limited impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.0.2-lp152.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:hylafax\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.6.1-lp151.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:hylafax\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 7.0.2-2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:hylafax\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

susepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00022.html
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory