{"id":"CVE-2020-7040","details":"storeBackup.pl in storeBackup through 3.5 relies on the /tmp/storeBackup.lock pathname, which allows symlink attacks that possibly lead to privilege escalation. (Local users can also create a plain file named /tmp/storeBackup.lock to block use of storeBackup until an admin manually deletes that file.)","modified":"2026-03-15T22:36:26.268236Z","published":"2020-01-21T21:15:16.443Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2020:0119-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:11410-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00003.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4508-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/20/3"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/21/2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/3"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/23/1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q1/20"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-7040"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00054.html"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"3.5"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"15.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"15.0-sp1"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"15.1"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"16.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"18.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"20.04"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-7040.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}