{"id":"CVE-2019-18901","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-18901","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:36:59.853Z","title":"A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the mysql-systemd-helper of the mariadb packaging of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows local attackers to change the permissions of arbitrary files to 0640.","description":"A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the mysql-systemd-helper of the mariadb packaging of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 allows local attackers to change the permissions of arbitrary files to 0640. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mariadb versions prior to 10.2.31-3.25.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 mariadb versions prior to 10.2.31-3.26.1.","published":"2020-03-02T16:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:25:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"meissner@suse.de","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["opensuse/leap","suse/linux enterprise server"],"epss":{"score":0.0038,"percentile":0.31774,"date":"2026-10-26","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 (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00007.html","tags":["Broken Link","Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"meissner@suse.de"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160895","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"meissner@suse.de"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00007.html","tags":["Broken Link","Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160895","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18901","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."}