Privilege Escalation

2020-08-0621:34:07

Veracode Vulnerability Database

sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

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HylaFAX+ is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The faxsetup utility calls performs chown on files in user-owned directories. By winning a race, a local attacker could use this to escalate his privileges to root.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00039.html

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00040.html

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00046.html

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00054.html

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173521

lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/J52QFVREJWJ35YSEEDDRMZQ2LM2H2WE6/

lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Y46FOVJUS5SO44A2VEKR7DXEHTI4WK5L/

security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-06

sourceforge.net/p/hylafax/HylaFAX+/2534/

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

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