CVE-2019-3691

HIGH

munge < 0.5.13-4.3.1 - Privilege Escalation via Symlink Following

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of munge in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers to escalate privileges from user munge to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 munge versions prior to 0.5.13-4.3.1. openSUSE Factory munge versions prior to 0.5.13-6.1.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155075

Scores

CVSS v3 7.7
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 34.7%
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 (1)
opensuse/munge < 0.5.13-4.3.1
Published Jan 23, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026