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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-53881
Scores
CVSS v4
6.9
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
5.3%
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-61
Status
published
Products (1)
openSUSE/Tumbleweed
? - 4.98.2-lp156.248.1
Published
Oct 02, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026