race condition on texlive-filesystem cron job allows for the deletion of unintended files
Published Apr 2, 2020
6.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.20%
Description
A Race Condition Enabling Link Following vulnerability in the cron job shipped with texlive-filesystem of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local users in group mktex to delete arbitrary files on the system This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-9.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2013.74-16.5.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 texlive-filesystem versions prior to 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1.
Affected products
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- Version texlive-filesystemStatusaffectedConstraints<2017.135-9.5.1
- Version
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- Version texlive-filesystemStatusaffectedConstraints<2013.74-16.5.1
- Version
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- Version texlive-filesystemStatusaffectedConstraints<2013.74-16.5.1
- Version
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- Version texlive-filesystemStatusaffectedConstraints<2017.135-lp151.8.3.1
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 | n/a |
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| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 | n/a |
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| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 | n/a |
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| openSUSE | openSUSE Leap 15.1 | n/a |
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Configuration 1
- < 2017.135-9.5.1
Running on/with
- 15
Configuration 2
- < 2013.74-16.5.1
Running on/with
Configuration 3
- < 2013.74-16.5.1
Running on/with
Configuration 4
- n/a
Running on/with
- 15
Configuration 5
- < 2017.135-lp151.8.3.1
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:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
1 other source (CVE.org) ▾
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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 3, 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 (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.20% (0.00203) | 9.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.20% (0.00203) | 10.57th | 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% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.47% (0.01474) | 32.51th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 7.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00021.html vendor-advisoryBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158910 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
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| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00021.html | vendor-advisoryBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158910 | Issue TrackingVendor Advisory |
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