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CVE-2020-8025: outdated entries in permissions profiles for /var/lib/pcp/tmp/* may cause security issues

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-279

Description

A Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions vulnerability in the permissions package of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15; openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Tumbleweed sets the permissions for some of the directories of the pcp package to unintended settings. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 permissions versions prior to 20170707-3.24.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS permissions versions prior to 20180125-3.27.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 permissions versions prior to 20180125-3.27.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 permissions versions prior to 20181116-lp151.4.24.1. openSUSE Tumbleweed permissions versions prior to 20200624.

Affected products

• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15, 15-sp1, 15-sp2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 12-sp4, 12-sp5

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171883
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171883

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