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CVE-2020-8017

race condition on texlive-filesystem cron job allows for the deletion of unintended files

Published: Apr 2, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-367
6.2MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 89.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the cron job shipped with texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local users in group mktex to delete arbitrary files on the system This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-9.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-367

Affected Products

SUSE
commercial·DE
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openSUSE
oss-project·DE
texlive-filesystemOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openSUSE Leap 15.1On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00021.html
lists.opensuse.org
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158910
bugzilla.suse.com

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