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Status published
Medium
CVE-2025-53881
SUSE-specific logrotate configuration allows escalation from mail user/group to root
Vulnerability Description
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in logrotate config in the exim package allowed privilege escalation from mail user/group to root.This issue affects Tumbleweed: from ? before 4.98.2-lp156.248.1.
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
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Matthias Gerstner of SUSE
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
?
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 2nd, 2025
Last Modified:
October 2nd, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.