7.0
HIGH
CVE-2019-10143
Freeradius Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue."

INFO

Published Date :

May 24, 2019, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 4, 2024, 10:15 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-10143 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 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Freeradius freeradius
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-10143.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155361/FreeRadius-3.0.19-Logrotate-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/14 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3353 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10143 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://freeradius.org/security/ Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/pull/2666 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-10143 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-10143 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 [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2024

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

    Aug. 01, 2024

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

    May. 17, 2024

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

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Apr. 11, 2024

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

    Mar. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Tag Red Hat, Inc. disputed
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description ** DISPUTED ** It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue." It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue."
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description It was discovered freeradius does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. ** DISPUTED ** It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue."
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3984 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10143 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1705340 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-250
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-266
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description ** DISPUTED ** It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue." It was discovered freeradius does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user.
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10143 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1705340 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3984 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-250
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-266
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-250 / CWE from CNA not within 1003 View
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155361/FreeRadius-3.0.19-Logrotate-Privilege-Escalation.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155361/FreeRadius-3.0.19-Logrotate-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/14 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/14 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3353 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3353 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://freeradius.org/security/ No Types Assigned https://freeradius.org/security/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-264
    Added CWE NIST CWE-362
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155361/FreeRadius-3.0.19-Logrotate-Privilege-Escalation.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/14 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3353 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-266
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-250
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A6VKBZAZKJP5QKXDXRKCM2ZPZND3TFAX/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. ** DISPUTED ** It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue."
    Added Reference https://freeradius.org/security/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 20, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TKODLHHUOVAYENTBP4D3N25ST3Q6LJBP/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/pull/2666 No Types Assigned https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/freeradius-server/pull/2666 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10143 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10143 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.0.19
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-10143 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-10143 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.21556

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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