Local privilege escalation from user privoxy to root
CVE-2019-3699

7.7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Opensuse
Status
Leap 15.1
Factory
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 January 2020

What is CVE-2019-3699?

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.

Affected Version(s)

Factory privoxy <= 3.0.28-2.1

Leap 15.1 privoxy <= 3.0.28-lp151.1.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157449
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Johannes Segitz of SUSE
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