Local privilege escalation from user news to root in the packaging of inn
Published Jan 24, 2020
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.50%
Description
The packaging of inn on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11; openSUSE Factory, Leap 15.1 allows local attackers to escalate from user inn to root via symlink attacks. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 inn version 2.4.2-170.21.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory inn version 2.6.2-2.2 and prior versions. openSUSE Leap 15.1 inn version 2.5.4-lp151.2.47 and prior versions.
Affected products
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- Version innStatusaffectedConstraints<=2.4.2-170.21.3.1
- Version
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- Version innStatusaffectedConstraints<=2.6.2-2.2
- Version
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- Version innStatusaffectedConstraints<=2.5.4-lp151.2.47
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
Configuration 1
Running on/with
- 11
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
Configuration 4
- 15.0
- 15.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (CVE.org) ▾
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.50% (0.00500) | 40.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.50% (0.00500) | 41.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01960) | 49.57th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 0.44% (0.00444) | 29.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.44% (0.00444) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00027.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00028.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154302 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00027.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00028.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154302 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory |
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