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CVE-2019-3690

MEDIUM
Published 2019-12-05T15:30:15.557339Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
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: 0.286
Higher than 28.6% 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
LOW
Availability
NONE

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

SUSE

permissions

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-jxhx-2gqw-c77x

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3690
WEB https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150734
WEB http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00024.html

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

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00024.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150734
Published: 2019-12-05T15:30:15.557339Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T16:38:49.600Z
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