CVE-2020-10737 SUSE CVE security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE CVE-2020-10737 Interim 1 13 2025-08-14T01:42:26Z current 2021-05-30T14:38:51Z 2025-08-14T01:42:26Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf-cve.pl 2020-12-27T01:00:00Z CVE-2020-10737 A race condition was found in the mkhomedir tool shipped with the oddjob package in versions before 0.34.5 and 0.34.6 wherein, during the home creation, mkhomedir copies the /etc/skel directory into the newly created home and changes its ownership to the home's user without properly checking the homedir path. This flaw allows an attacker to leverage this issue by creating a symlink point to a target folder, which then has its ownership transferred to the new home directory's unprivileged user. The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings SUSE Liberty Linux 8 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 openSUSE Tumbleweed oddjob-0.34.5-1.9 oddjob-0.34.5-150400.3.2.1 oddjob-0.34.5-3.el8 oddjob-mkhomedir-0.34.5-1.9 oddjob-mkhomedir-0.34.5-150400.3.2.1 oddjob-mkhomedir-0.34.5-3.el8 oddjob-0.34.5-3.el8 as a component of SUSE Liberty Linux 8 oddjob-mkhomedir-0.34.5-3.el8 as a component of SUSE Liberty Linux 8 oddjob-0.34.5-150400.3.2.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 oddjob-mkhomedir-0.34.5-150400.3.2.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 oddjob-0.34.5-150400.3.2.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 oddjob-mkhomedir-0.34.5-150400.3.2.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 oddjob-0.34.5-1.9 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed oddjob-mkhomedir-0.34.5-1.9 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed A race condition was found in the mkhomedir tool shipped with the oddjob package in versions before 0.34.5 and 0.34.6 wherein, during the home creation, mkhomedir copies the /etc/skel directory into the newly created home and changes its ownership to the home's user without properly checking the homedir path. This flaw allows an attacker to leverage this issue by creating a symlink point to a target folder, which then has its ownership transferred to the new home directory's unprivileged user. CVE-2020-10737 SUSE Liberty Linux 8:oddjob-0.34.5-3.el8 SUSE Liberty Linux 8:oddjob-mkhomedir-0.34.5-3.el8 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6:oddjob-0.34.5-150400.3.2.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6:oddjob-mkhomedir-0.34.5-150400.3.2.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7:oddjob-0.34.5-150400.3.2.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7:oddjob-mkhomedir-0.34.5-150400.3.2.1 openSUSE Tumbleweed:oddjob-0.34.5-1.9 openSUSE Tumbleweed:oddjob-mkhomedir-0.34.5-1.9 moderate 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H