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High
CVE-2020-15396
In HylaFAX+ through 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise, the faxsetup utility...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/hylafax/HylaFAX+/2534/
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173521
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-06
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y46FOVJUS5SO44A2VEKR7DXEHTI4WK5L/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J52QFVREJWJ35YSEEDDRMZQ2LM2H2WE6/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00046.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00054.html
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hylafax\+ project
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hylafax\+, hylafax enterprise, fedora, backports sle, leap
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 31, 32, 15.0, 15.1, 15.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 30th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.