{"cve":"CVE-2020-15396","nvd":{"published":"2020-06-30T12:15:12.430","modified":"2026-06-17T02:56:37.370","status":"Modified","description":"In HylaFAX+ through 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise, the faxsetup utility calls chown on files in user-owned directories. By winning a race, a local attacker could use this to escalate his privileges to root.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00039.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00040.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00046.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00054.html","https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173521"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","hylafax\\+_project:hylafax\\+","ifax:hylafax_enterprise","opensuse:backports_sle","opensuse:leap"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:06:22.076270124+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-15396","score":0.00387,"percentile":0.32852,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}