CVE-2020-8018

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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;

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-276

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
SUSE	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1	>= SLES15-SP1-CAP-Deployment-BYOS, <= 1.0.1
SUSE	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1	>= SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS, <= 1.0.3

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163813Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163813Issue Tracking, Permissions Required

Timeline

Published: May 4, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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