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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-3697

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of gnump3d in openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local attackers to escalate from user gnump3d to root.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.52%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of gnump3d in openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local attackers to escalate from user gnump3d to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 gnump3d version 3.0-lp151.2.1 and prior versions.

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
0.52% probability · 43th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-59
Affected
gnu/gnump3d · opensuse/leap
Source
meissner@suse.de

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.