CVE-2019-18899 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the apt-cacher-ng package for openSUSE Leap 15.1, where operations are run with root privileges in a user-owned directory. This allows local attackers to manipulate these operations, impacting apt-cacher-ng versions prior to 3.1-lp151.3.3.1. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and potentially leading to high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.1-lp151.3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apt-cacher-ng_project:apt-cacher-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
sle-15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:backports:sle-15:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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