VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-3690
This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional hardenings after this fix). This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.
- 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
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- opensuse/leap
- Source
- meissner@suse.de
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00024.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150734Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00024.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150734Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.