CVE-2020-15396

Public Exploit

Description

In HylaFAX+ through 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise, the faxsetup utility calls chown on files in user-owned directories. By winning a race, a local attacker could use this to escalate his privileges to root.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.07%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sourceforge.net/p/hylafax/HylaFAX+/2534/ third party advisory patch
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173521 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-06 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y46FOVJUS5SO44A2VEKR7DXEHTI4WK5L/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J52QFVREJWJ35YSEEDDRMZQ2LM2H2WE6/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00039.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00040.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00046.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00054.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-15396?
CVE-2020-15396 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-15396?
To fix CVE-2020-15396, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-15396 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-15396 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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