CVE-2020-8018

HIGH

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server <15 SP1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS and SLES15-SP1-CAP-Deployment-BYOS images of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 allows local attackers with the UID 1000 to escalate to root due to a /etc directory owned by the user This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 SLES15-SP1-CAP-Deployment-BYOS version 1.0.1 and prior versions; SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS versions prior to 1.0.3 and prior versions;

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Issue Tracking, Permissions Required x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163813

Scores

CVSS v3 8.4

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 7.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-276

Status published

Products (1)

suse/linux_enterprise_desktop 15 sp1

Published May 04, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026