{"id":"CVE-2018-19640","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-19640","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:50:51.280Z","title":"If the attacker manages to create files in the directory used to collect log files in supportutils before version 3.1-5.7.1 (e.g. with CVE-2018-19638) he can kill arbitrary processes on the local machine.","description":"If the attacker manages to create files in the directory used to collect log files in supportutils before version 3.1-5.7.1 (e.g. with CVE-2018-19638) he can kill arbitrary processes on the local machine.","published":"2019-03-05T16:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:49:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@opentext.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-377","CWE-20"],"affected":["opensuse/supportutils"],"epss":{"score":0.00301,"percentile":0.2269,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00018.html","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118463","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00018.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118463","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19640","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}