CVE-2019-3688
This allowed an attacker that compromissed the squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The /usr/sbin/pinger binary packaged with squid in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 4.8-5.8.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including 3.5.21-26.17.1 had squid:root, 0750 permissions. This allowed an attacker that compromissed the squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Affected
- suse/suse linux enterprise server
- Source
- meissner@suse.de
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00053.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00024.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093414Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00053.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00024.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093414Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.