A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in logrotate config in the exim package allowed privilege escalation from mail user/group to root.This issue affects Tumbleweed: from ? before 4.98.2-lp156.248.1.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

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This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-53881 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Description A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in logrotate config in the exim package allowed privilege escalation from mail user/group to root.This issue affects Tumbleweed: from ? before 4.98.2-lp156.248.1.
Title SUSE-specific logrotate configuration allows escalation from mail user/group to root
Weaknesses CWE-61
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-02T17:38:57.426Z

Reserved: 2025-07-11T10:53:52.681Z

Link: CVE-2025-53881

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-02T14:15:45.010

Modified: 2025-10-02T14:15:45.010

Link: CVE-2025-53881

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