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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-35766

The test suite in libopendkim in OpenDKIM through 2.10.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack against the /tmp/testkeys file (related to t-testdata.h, t-setup.c, and t-cleanup.c). NOTE: this is applicable to persons who choose to engage in the "A number of self-test programs are included here for unit-testing the library" situation.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:12 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-35766

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Dec 2020, 20:15 UTC

The test suite in libopendkim in OpenDKIM through 2.10.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack against the /tmp/testkeys file (related to t-testdata.h, t-setup.c, and t-cleanup.c). NOTE: this is applicable to persons who choose to engage in the "A number of self-test programs are included here for unit-testing the library" situation.

osv:CVE-2020-35766
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-35766",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-35766",
    "summary": "The test suite in libopendkim in OpenDKIM through 2.10.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack against the /tmp/testkeys file (related to t-testdata.h, t-setup.c, and t-cleanup.c). NOTE: this is applicable to persons who choose to engage in the \"A number of self-test programs are included here for unit-testing the library\" situation.",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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            "rel-opendkim-2-6-7",
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            "rel-opendkim-2-7-0-Beta3",
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            "rel-opendkim-2-6-5",
            "rel-opendkim-2-6-4",
            "rel-opendkim-2-6-3",
            "rel-opendkim-2-6-2",
            "rel-opendkim-2-6-1",
            "rel-opendkim-2-6-0",
            "rel-opendkim-2-5-2",
            "rel-opendkim-2-5-1",
            "rel-opendkim-2-5-0-1",
            "rel-opendkim-2-5-0",
            "rel-opendkim-2-4-3",
            "rel-opendkim-2-4-2",
            "rel-opendkim-2-4-1",
            "rel-opendkim-2-4-0",
            "rel-opendkim-2-3-2",
            "rel-opendkim-2-3-1",
            "rel-opendkim-2-2-2"
          ],
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:22.965542417Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/trusteddomainproject/OpenDKIM/issues/113"
      ],
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    },
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384290,
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