High severity · published Oct 7, 2019
CVE-2019-3688
The /usr/sbin/pinger binary packaged with squid in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 4.8-5.8.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and…
7.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The /usr/sbin/pinger binary packaged with squid in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 4.8-5.8.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including 3.5.21-26.17.1 had squid:root, 0750 permissions. This allowed an attacker that compromissed the squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
12; 12; 12; 15; 15 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3688
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3688
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00053.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00056.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00024.html
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093414
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