High severity · published Jan 24, 2020
CVE-2019-3699
UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of privoxy on openSUSE Leap 15.1, Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user privoxy to root
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of privoxy on openSUSE Leap 15.1, Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user privoxy to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 privoxy version 3.0.28-lp151.1.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory privoxy version 3.0.28-2.1 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 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PR
Privoxy · Privoxy
before 3.0.28-lp151.1.1; before 3.0.28-2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3699
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3699
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157449
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