CVE-2025-53881

SUSE-specific logrotate configuration allows escalation from mail user/group to root

Published Oct 2, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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

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

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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
suse
Published
Updated
Oct 2, 2025, 5:38 PM
Reserved
Jul 11, 2025, 10:53 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 2, 2025, 2:15 PM
Modified
Oct 12, 2026, 3:10 PM