CVE-2018-19640 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting opensuse supportutils versions prior to 3.1-5.7.1. An attacker who can create files in the log directory (potentially via CVE-2018-19638) can exploit this flaw to terminate arbitrary processes on the local machine. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and has a high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.1-5.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:supportutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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