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CVE-2019-18897

HIGH
Published 2020-03-02T15:20:27.294803Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
8.4
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.289
Higher than 28.9% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 salt-master version 2019.2.0-46.83.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 salt-master version 2019.2.0-6.21.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory salt-master version 2019.2.2-3.1 and prior versions.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

Affected Versions:

salt-master
SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

Affected Versions:

salt-master
openSUSE

Factory

Affected Versions:

salt-master

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-p48p-8wh6-cj6f

Advisory Details

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 salt-master version 2019.2.0-46.83.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 salt-master version 2019.2.0-6.21.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory salt-master version 2019.2.2-3.1 and prior versions.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18897
WEB https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157465
WEB http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: December 3, 2022

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157465
Published: 2020-03-02T15:20:27.294803Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T01:21:20.067Z
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