CVE-2020-8013

2.5 lowEPSS 0.3%

Low (2.5). EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in chkstat of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 set permissions intended for specific binaries on other binaries because it erroneously followed symlinks. The symlinks can't be controlled by attackers on default systems, so exploitation is difficult. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 permissions versions prior to 2015.09.28.1626-17.27.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 permissions versions prior to 20181116-9.23.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 permissions versions prior to 2013.1.7-0.6.12.1.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

2.5 low

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 24% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2020-03-02
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

opensuse:leap
suse:linux_enterprise_server

References

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