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CVE-2019-18898

Published: Jan 23, 2020

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.7

HIGH

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the trousers package of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers escalate privileges from user tss to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-6.3.1. openSUSE Factory trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-7.1.

VendorProductVersions

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1

affected
trousers - < 0.3.14-6.3.1

openSUSE

Factory

affected
trousers - < 0.3.14-7.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

openSUSE-SU-2020:0744
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE

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