CVE-2019-3688

MEDIUM

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server squid - Incorrect Default Permissions in /usr/sbin/pinger

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The /usr/sbin/pinger binary packaged with squid in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 4.8-5.8.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including 3.5.21-26.17.1 had squid:root, 0750 permissions. This allowed an attacker that compromissed the squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093414

Scores

CVSS v3 5.1
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 17.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-276
Status published
Products (2)
suse/suse_linux_enterprise_server 12 sp1 (3 CPE variants)
suse/suse_linux_enterprise_server 15 (2 CPE variants)
Published Oct 07, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026