6.2

CVE-2019-18899: apt-cacher-ng_project apt-cacher-ng Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 6.2v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-18899
Published 23-01-2020Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-18899 is a medium (CVSS 6.2) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in apt-cacher-ng_project apt-cacher-ng. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.2/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
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 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0124-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0146-1

Timeline

  1. 23-01-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The apt-cacher-ng package of openSUSE Leap 15.1 runs operations in user owned directory /run/apt-cacher-ng with root privileges. This can allow local attackers to influence the outcome of these operations. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 apt-cacher-ng versions prior to 3.1-lp151.3.3.1.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

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

Opensuse2 products
Apt-cacher-ng_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • apt-cacher-ngAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 4 products

References

6 links