High severity · published Mar 2, 2020
CVE-2019-18897
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 salt-master version 2019.2.0-46.83.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 salt-master version 2019.2.0-6.21.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory salt-master version 2019.2.2-3.1 and prior versions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
12; 15 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18897
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18897
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157465
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