CVE-2019-3699

Local privilege escalation from user privoxy to root

Published: Jan 24, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-59

7.7HIGH

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

openSUSE

oss-project·DE

Leap 15.1On-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

FactoryOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Novell Inc.

commercial·US

OpenSUSE LeapOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

openSUSE FactoryOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения

oss-projectaka fsf

PrivoxyOn-premNetwork Device

Networking Infrastructure / firewall

privoxy

oss-project

privoxyOn-prem

Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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2 techniques

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References

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

bugzilla.suse.com

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

bugzilla.suse.com

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3699.html

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