CVE-2020-8024
Problematic permissions in hylafax+ packaging allow escalation from uucp to other users
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of hylafax+ of openSUSE Leap 15.2, openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user uucp to users calling hylafax binaries. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-lp152.2.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 hylafax+ version 5.6.1-lp151.3.7 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-2.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Problematic permissions in hylafax+ packaging allow escalation from uucp to other users
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of hylafax+ of openSUSE Leap 15.2, openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user uucp to users calling hylafax binaries. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-lp152.2.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 hylafax+ version 5.6.1-lp151.3.7 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-2.1.
- Record
CVE-2020-8024- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28936
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of hylafax+ of openSUSE Leap 15.2, openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user uucp to users calling hylafax binaries. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-lp152.2.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 hylafax+ version 5.6.1-lp151.3.7 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-2.1.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28936- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rv88-x9wr-52g7 No score
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of hylafax+ of openSUSE Leap 15.2,...
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of hylafax+ of openSUSE Leap 15.2, openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user uucp to users calling hylafax binaries. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-lp152.2.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 hylafax+ version 5.6.1-lp151.3.7 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-2.1.
- Record
GHSA-rv88-x9wr-52g7- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of hylafax+ of openSUSE Leap 15.2, openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user uucp to users calling hylafax binaries. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-lp152.2.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 hylafax+ version 5.6.1-lp151.3.7 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-2.1.
- Record
CVE-2020-8024- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-8024
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of hylafax+ of openSUSE Leap 15.2, openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user uucp to users calling hylafax binaries. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-lp152.2.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 hylafax+ version 5.6.1-lp151.3.7 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory hylafax+ versions prior to 7.0.2-2.1.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8024- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0958-1 No score
Security update for hylafax+
This update for hylafax+ fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2020-8024 boo#1172731
hylafax+ was updated to version 7.0.2:
- change FIXEDWIDTH default to better accommodate auto-rotation (13 Dec 2019)
- prevent SSL_accept() from blocking (5 Dec 2019)
- support libtiff v4.1 (5 Dec 2019)
- fix ignoremodembusy feature broken by ModemGroup limits feature (16 Nov 2019)
Version 7.0.1:
- create a client timeout setting and change the default from 60 to 3600 seconds (26 Sep 2019)
- extend timeout for receiving ECM frames (21 Aug 2019)
- fix timeout in Class 1 frame reception (5 Aug 2019)
- improve Class 1 protocol handling when MaxRecvPages exceeded (31 Jul 2019)
- fix ModemGroup limit default (11 Jul 2019)
- fix recovery for SSL Fax write failures (6 Jun 2019)
Version 7.0.0:
- add LDAP features for compatibility with ActiveDirectory (25 Mar-1 Apr 2019)
- fix recovery after SSL Fax 'accept failure' (18 Mar 2019)
- add TextFormat overstrike option and disable by default (6 Feb 2019)
- fix the page size of cover sheets returned via notify (8 Jan 2019)
- fix or silence numerous compiler warnings (19, 22, 28 Dec 2018)
- fix pagehandling updating after a proxy has been used (7-8 Dec 2018)
- add faxmail stderr output of RFC2047 decoding results (5 Dec 2018)
- fix faxmail handling of headers encoded with UTF-8 (4 Dec 2018)
- fix faxmail handling of base64-encoded text parts (4 Dec 2018)
- add SSL Fax support (9-26, 29 Nov; 11, 18, 25 Dec 2018; 2, 7, 23 Jan 2019)
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0958-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10852-1 No score
hylafax+-7.0.3-5.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the hylafax+-7.0.3-5.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10852-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
hylafaxUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3:6.0.6-63:6.0.6-6+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 |
None known |
hylafaxUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3:6.0.6-83:6.0.6-8.1~ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
None known |
hylafaxUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3:6.0.6-8.1build1 |
None known |
hylafaxUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3:6.0.7-3.1 |
None known |
hylafaxUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3:6.0.7-5build13:6.0.7-7 |
None known |
hylafaxUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 3:6.0.7-11.13:6.0.7-13 |
None known |
hylafaxUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 3:6.0.7-13build1 |
None known |
hylafaxUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3:6.0.7-133:6.0.7-13build1 |
None known |
hylafax+openSUSE:Leap 15.1 |
before 7.0.2-lp151.4.3.1 | 7.0.2-lp151.4.3.1 |
hylafax+openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 7.0.3-5.1 | 7.0.3-5.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8024 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Opensuse Factory, published June 29, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. Fixed in hylafax+ 7.0.2-lp151.4.3.1.