CVE-2019-18898 (GCVE-0-2019-18898)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-01-23 14:05
Modified
2024-09-16 18:24
Severity ?
7.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Summary
UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the trousers package of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers escalate privileges from user tss to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-6.3.1. openSUSE Factory trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-7.1.
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Vendor Product Version
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Version: trousers   < 0.3.14-6.3.1
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