CVE-2020-25031

7.8 highEPSS 0.6%

High (7.8) in canonical checkinstall. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

checkinstall 1.6.2, when used to create a package that contains a symlink, may trigger the creation of a mode 0777 executable file.

Severity

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 46% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2020-08-31
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19