Symlink Attack The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package exim/exim  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EXIMEXIM-2364581
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Apr 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-8015  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack. A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of exim in openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user mail to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory exim versions prior to 4.93.0.4-3.1.

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