CVE-2020-8025 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2020-8025
Vulnerability Scoring

6.1
/10
High Risk

If left unpatched, CVE-2020-8025 could lead to major system disruptions or data loss.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Local
    Vulnerability requires local system access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Changed
    Successful exploitation can impact components beyond the vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: Required
    User interaction is necessary for successful exploitation.

CVE-2020-8025 Details

Status: Modified

Last updated: 🕠 21 Nov 2024, 05:38 UTC
Originally published on: 🕙 07 Aug 2020, 10:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 1566 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

meissner@suse.de

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVE-2020-8025 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-8025: 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.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2020-8025

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2020-8025 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2020-8025

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2020-8025 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2020-8025, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2020-8025, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: Low
    CVE-2020-8025 could lead to minor leaks of non-critical information without major privacy breaches.
  • Integrity: Low
    Exploiting CVE-2020-8025 may cause minor changes to data without severely impacting its accuracy.
  • Availability: Low
    CVE-2020-8025 may slightly degrade system performance without fully affecting service availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.157% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 53.49% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 46.51% of others.

CVE-2020-8025 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-279

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-81 Web Logs Tampering attacks involve an attacker injecting, deleting or otherwise tampering with the contents of web logs typically for the purposes of masking other malicious behavior. Additionally, writing malicious data to log files may target jobs, filters, reports, and other agents that process the logs in an asynchronous attack pattern. This pattern of attack is similar to "Log Injection-Tampering-Forging" except that in this case, the attack is targeting the logs of the web server and not the application.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15:*:*:*:espos:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15:*:*:*:espos:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15:*:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15:*:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:*:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:*:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*

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