5.5

CVE-2018-19640: opensuse supportutils Insecure Temporary File

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
Published 05-03-2019Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-19640 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in opensuse supportutils. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.30%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11415-1SUSE-SU-2019:0480-1SUSE-SU-2019:1122-1SUSE-SU-2019:13976-1

Timeline

  1. 05-03-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

If the attacker manages to create files in the directory used to collect log files in supportutils before version 3.1-5.7.1 (e.g. with CVE-2018-19638) he can kill arbitrary processes on the local machine.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.30% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.30%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Opensuse1 product
Suse1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links