CVE-2019-18898

CWE-59 CWE-2665 documents5 sources

Severity

7.8HIGH

EPSS

0.1%

top 64.65%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Opensuse Factory Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Suse Trousers +1 more

Timeline

PublishedJan 23

Latest updateMay 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.5 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5suse/suse_linux_enterprise_server_15_sp1trousers — 0.3.14-6.3.1

▶NVDsuse/trousers< 0.3.14-6.3.1+1

▶CVEListV5opensuse/factorytrousers — 0.3.14-7.1

▶NVDopensuse/leap15.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-w5w4-523j-qm3v: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the trousers package of SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1; openSUSE Factory allowed loc↗2022-05-24

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CVEList

trousers: Local privilege escalation from tss to root↗2020-01-23

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📋Vendor Advisories

Red Hat

trousers: local privilege escalation from tss to root↗2019-11-25

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💬Community

Bugzilla

CVE-2019-18898 trousers: local privilege escalation from tss to root↗2019-12-30

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