Local root exploit via inclusion of attacker controlled shell script
CVE-2018-19636

7.3HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Suse
Status
Supportutils
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 March 2019

What is CVE-2018-19636?

Supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1, when run with command line argument -A searched the file system for a ndspath binary. If an attacker provides one at an arbitrary location it is executed with root privileges

Affected Version(s)

supportutils < 3.1-5.7.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117751
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.3
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Vítězslav Čížek of SUSE
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