CVE-2021-31998: medium-severity vulnerability in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3
inn: %post calls user owned file allowing local privilege escalation to root
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.8epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 75% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of inn of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3; openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate their privileges from the news user to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 inn version inn-2.4.2-170.21.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2. openSUSE Leap 15.2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Affected products
openSUSE · openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2openSUSE · openSUSE Leap 15.2SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3Related CVEs — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2020-8024MEDIUMProblematic permissions in hylafax+ packaging allow escalation from uucp to other usersEPSS 0.5%CVE-2020-8023HIGHLocal privilege escalation from ldap to root when using OPENLDAP_CONFIG_BACKEND=ldap in openldap2EPSS 0.4%CVE-2020-8026HIGHinn: non-root owned filesEPSS 0.4%CVE-2020-8027HIGHopenldap uses fixed paths in /tmpEPSS 0.3%CVE-2021-25317LOWcups: ownership of /var/log/cups allows the lp user to create files as rootEPSS 0.3%