CVE-2019-3699 HIGH

CVE-2019-3699: Local privilege escalation from user privoxy to root

Vendor Opensuse
Product Leap 15.1
Weakness CWE-59
Published January 24, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.7/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 24, 2020 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated