# CVE-2020-8014: kopano-python-services: Local privilege escalation from kopano to root in kopano-spamd subpackage

> Local attackers with kopano user privileges can escalate to root via symlink following in kopano-spamd packaging on openSUSE.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jun 2020
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vh3v-64vx-mqg3

## What is CVE-2020-8014?

CVE-2020-8014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 29 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of kopano-spamd of openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Tumbleweed allowed local attackers with the privileges of the kopano user to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 kopano-spamd versions prior to 10.0.5-lp151.4.1. openSUSE Tumbleweed kopano-spamd versions prior to 10.0.5-1.1.

Weakness: CWE-61 (UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8014?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Tumbleweed Kopano-Spamd.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-8014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-8014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap

- [CVE-2015-4902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4902/): Oracle Java SE Integrity Check (medium 5.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-14804](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14804/): package builds could use directory traversal to write outside of target area (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2019-20787](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20787/): Teeworlds before 0.7.4 has an integer overflow when computing a tilemap size. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-8341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-8341/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-6438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6438/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-8014 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-8014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 29 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Opensuse Leap. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8014/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8014/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8014
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8014
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8014

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8014/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.