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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2019-3691

CVE-2019-3691

HIGH7.7

Local privilege escalation from user munge to root

Published Jan 23, 2020

Modified 1 years ago

Details

A Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of munge in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers to escalate privileges from user munge to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 munge versions prior to 0.5.13-4.3.1. openSUSE Factory munge versions prior to 0.5.13-6.1.

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155075

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3691

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.7

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

NoneA:N

7.7/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness Type (CWE)

File System

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJan 23, 2020

ModifiedSep 16, 2024

CVE-2019-3691 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence