CVE-2020-8018

7.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.8) in suse linux enterprise desktop. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS and SLES15-SP1-CAP-Deployment-BYOS images of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 allows local attackers with the UID 1000 to escalate to root due to a /etc directory owned by the user This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 SLES15-SP1-CAP-Deployment-BYOS version 1.0.1 and prior versions; SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS versions prior to 1.0.3 and prior versions;

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 21% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-276
Published: 2020-05-04
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

suse:linux_enterprise_desktop

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163813
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163813

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