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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 31, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-25031

CVE-2020-25031

Description

checkinstall 1.6.2, when used to create a package that contains a symlink, may trigger the creation of a mode 0777 executable file.

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Affected products

3

Checkinstall/Checkinstallllm-fuzzy2 versions
<=1.6.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=1.6.2
- (no CPE)
Canonical/Checkinstall
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:checkinstall:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

1

bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/checkinstall/+bug/1861281nvdExploitVendor Advisory

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