CVE-2019-18898
UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the trousers package of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers escalate privileges from user tss to root.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the trousers package of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers escalate privileges from user tss to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-6.3.1. openSUSE Factory trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-7.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- suse/trousers · opensuse/leap
- Source
- meissner@suse.de
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00066.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157651Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00066.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157651Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.