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CVE-2019-3690: opensuse leap Link Following

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2019:14237-1
Published 05-12-2019Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-3690 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Link Following vulnerability in opensuse leap. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.42%
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 7 · Related 7
OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2672-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11165-1SUSE-SU-2019:3180-1SUSE-SU-2019:3182-1SUSE-SU-2019:3183-1SUSE-SU-2020:1163-1

Timeline

  1. 05-12-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional hardenings after this fix). This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.42% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.42%

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
  • permissions&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3< 2013.1.7-0.6.5.1
  • permissions&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS< 2013.1.7-0.6.5.1
  • permissions≥ unspecified, < a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230
Opensuse1 product

2 vendors · 4 products

References

6 links