8.4

CVE-2019-18897: opensuse factory Link Following

CVSS: 8.4v3.1HighModified
Published 02-03-2020Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-18897 is a high (CVSS 8.4) Link Following vulnerability in opensuse factory. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.39%
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 6 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0357-1SUSE-RU-2020:0625-1SUSE-RU-2020:0685-1SUSE-SU-2020:0684-1SUSE-SU-2020:1971-1SUSE-SU-2020:1973-1

Timeline

  1. 02-03-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 salt-master version 2019.2.0-46.83.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 salt-master version 2019.2.0-6.21.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory salt-master version 2019.2.2-3.1 and prior versions.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.39% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.39%

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

Suse3 products
Opensuse2 products

2 vendors · 5 products

References

2 links