CVE-2019-18898

HIGH

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1, openSUSE Factory - Privilege E...

Title source: llm

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the trousers package of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers escalate privileges from user tss to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-6.3.1. openSUSE Factory trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-7.1.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00066.html

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157651

Scores

CVSS v3 7.7

EPSS 0.0015

EPSS Percentile 34.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-59

Status published

Products (2)

opensuse/leap 15.1

suse/trousers < 0.3.14-6.3.1

Published Jan 23, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026