CVE-2020-8032
Local privilege escalation to root due to insecure tmp file usage
HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: February 25, 2021 at 09:15 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorCyrus SaslFactory
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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
A Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in the packaging of cyrus-sasl of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory cyrus-sasl version 2.1.27-4.2 and prior versions.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.1.27
cyrus-sasl ≤ v ≤ 2.1.27-4.2cyrus-sasl
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180669CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-377
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