CVE-2020-8025 | outdated entries in permissions profiles for /var/lib/pcp/tmp/* may cause security issues

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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.

Published: 2020-08-07 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-8025 is rated Exploit Available (52.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-8025

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-8025

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.47% +0.43%
2 2026-01-22 0.10% 0.05% -0.05%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.10% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-8025

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 1.8 3.7 [email protected]
9.3 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.5 6.0 [email protected]
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-8025

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-8025

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8025
suse medium CVE-2020-8025 severity moderate: SUSE including 435 source package names (0.21.0.3.2.10:permissions-20181224-23.3.1, 0.38.1.5.8.40:permissions-20181224-23.3.1, …), 745 product×package rows across 167 product lines (Container bci/bci-init, Container bci/dotnet-aspnet, … (167 product lines)): Fixed 415, Known Not Affected 193, Known Affected 137. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8025/
ubuntu negligible CVE-2020-8025 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pcp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bionic, focal, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 4, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8025

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-8025

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
suse linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing 15 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15:*:*:*:espos:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing 15 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15:*:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 15 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:*:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 15 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 15 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-8025

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171883 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
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