CVE-2020-15396

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In HylaFAX+ through 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise, the faxsetup utility calls chown on files in user-owned directories. By winning a race, a local attacker could use this to escalate his privileges to root.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Jun 30, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2020

CVE-2020-153977.8HylaFAX+ through 7.0.2 and HylaFAX Enterprise have scripts that execute binaries from directories writable by unprivileged users (e.g., locaCVE-2020-15407.8An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an aCVE-2020-154004.3CakePHP before 4.0.6 mishandles CSRF token generation. This might be remotely exploitable in conjunction with XSS.CVE-2020-154014.4IOBit Malware Fighter Pro 8.0.2.547 allows local users to gain privileges for file deletion by manipulating malicious flagged file locationsCVE-2020-154084.6An issue was discovered in Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure before 9.1R8. An authenticated attacker can access the admin page console via tCVE-2020-15417.8An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Backup Engine improperly handles memory. To exploit this vulnerability, an aCVE-2020-154119.8An issue was discovered in MISP 2.4.128. app/Controller/AttributesController.php has insufficient ACL checks in the attachment downloader.CVE-2020-154124.3An issue was discovered in MISP 2.4.128. app/Controller/EventsController.php lacks an event ACL check before proceeding to allow a user to sCVE-2020-154159.8On DrayTek Vigor3900, Vigor2960, and Vigor300B devices before 1.5.1, cgi-bin/mainfunction.cgi/cvmcfgupload allows remote command execution vCVE-2020-154168.8This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700 V1.0.4.84_10.0.58 rCVE-2020-154176.3This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6700 V1.0.4.84_10.0.58 CVE-2020-154187.5This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Veeam ONE 10.0.0.750_20200415. Aut
CVE-2020-15396: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix