CVE-2019-18898 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability (UNIX Symbolic Link Following) in the trousers package affecting SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 and openSUSE Factory. An attacker can exploit this to elevate privileges from user tss to root. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.3.14-6.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:trousers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 0.3.14-7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:trousers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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