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.
Published: 2025-10-02
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-32141 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.
History

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Exim
Exim exim
Opensuse
Opensuse tumbleweed
Vendors & Products Exim
Exim exim
Opensuse
Opensuse tumbleweed

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-02T17:15:17.373Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-53881

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-03T08:22:41Z

Weaknesses