5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-19637
Supportutils Privilege Escalation
Description

Supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1, wrote data to static file /tmp/supp_log, allowing local attackers to overwrite files on systems without symlink protection

INFO

Published Date :

March 5, 2019, 4:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:58 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-19637 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Opensuse supportutils
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-19637 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-19637 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00018.html
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117776
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference OpenText https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117776 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00018.html [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference SUSE https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117776
    Removed Reference SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00018.html
    Added CWE OpenText CWE-377
    Removed CWE SUSE CWE-377
    Removed CVSS V3 SUSE AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Added CVSS V3 OpenText AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source SUSE OpenText
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 SUSE AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE SUSE CWE-377
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00018.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117776 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117776 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-59
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:supportutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.1-5.7.1
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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