VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-19191
This allows the user to escalate to root by pointing symlinks to files such as /etc/shadow.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.48%
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
Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) 3.x before 3.1.0 shipped a spec file that calls chown on files in a directory controlled by the service user (the shibd account) after installation. This allows the user to escalate to root by pointing symlinks to files such as /etc/shadow.
- 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
- shibboleth/service provider
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00017.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157471Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-874Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00017.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157471Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-874Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.