7.8
HIGH
CVE-2019-3697
OpenSUSE Leap Unix Symbolic Link Following Escalation Vulnerability in Gnump3d
Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of gnump3d in openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local attackers to escalate from user gnump3d to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 gnump3d version 3.0-lp151.2.1 and prior versions.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 24, 2020, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 14, 2021, 1:20 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-3697 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 leap
1 Gnu gnump3d
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154229 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-3697 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-3697 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]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Sep. 14, 2021

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

    Nov. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE SUSE CWE-61
    Added CWE SUSE CWE-59
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154229 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154229 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-59
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnump3d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.0 *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of gnump3d in openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local attackers to escalate from user gnump3d to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 gnump3d version 3.0-lp151.2.1 and prior versions. UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of gnump3d in openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local attackers to escalate from user gnump3d to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 gnump3d version 3.0-lp151.2.1 and prior versions.
    Removed CVSS V3.1 [email protected] AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 SUSE AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Removed CWE [email protected] CWE-61
    Added CWE SUSE CWE-61
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-2019-3697 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-2019-3697 weaknesses.

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

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