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CVE-2019-18898

HIGH
Published 2020-01-23T14:05:14.446560Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.7
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.377
Higher than 37.7% 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
NONE

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1

Affected Versions:

trousers
openSUSE

Factory

Affected Versions:

trousers

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-w5w4-523j-qm3v

Advisory Details

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

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-2019-18898
WEB https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157651
WEB http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00066.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: November 10, 2022

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00066.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157651
Published: 2020-01-23T14:05:14.446560Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T18:24:53.684Z
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