Name: CVE-2020-15396: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-15396, CWE-362, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.00073

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade hylafaxplus	Aug 10, 2020	Jun 30, 2020
Debian	—	Upgrade hylafax	Jul 30, 2024	Jun 30, 2020
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade net-misc/hylafaxplus.	Jul 28, 2020	Jun 30, 2020
Suse	—	Upgrade libfaxutil7_0_3Upgrade hylafax+Upgrade hylafax+-client	Aug 15, 2020	Jun 30, 2020

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CVSS Details

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