VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-20384
Gentoo Portage through 2.3.84 allows local users to place a Trojan horse plugin in the /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins directory by leveraging access to the nagios user account, because this directory is writable in between a call to emake and a call to…
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.27%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Gentoo Portage through 2.3.84 allows local users to place a Trojan horse plugin in the /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins directory by leveraging access to the nagios user account, because this directory is writable in between a call to emake and a call to fowners.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.27% probability · 19th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- gentoo/portage
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/21/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/692492Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/21/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/692492Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.