CVE-2019-3699 — Link Following in Privoxy

CWE-59 — Link Following5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA7.7
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
PrivoxyOpensuse FactoryOpensuse Leap 15.1
Timeline
PublishedJan 24
Latest updateMay 24

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of privoxy on openSUSE Leap 15.1, Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user privoxy to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 privoxy version 3.0.28-lp151.1.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory privoxy version 3.0.28-2.1 and prior versions.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5opensuse/factoryprivoxy — 3.0.28-2.1
▶CVEListV5opensuse/leap_15.1privoxy — 3.0.28-lp151.1.1
▶NVDprivoxy/privoxy< 3.0.28-lp151.1.1+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-j9ww-72pm-37h3: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of privoxy on openSUSE Leap 15↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Local privilege escalation from user privoxy to root↗2020-01-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
privoxy: local privilege escalation from privoxy to root↗2020-01-24
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-3699 privoxy: local privilege escalation from privoxy to root↗2020-02-14
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CVE-2019-3699 — Link Following in Privoxy | cvebase