CVE-2019-3691 is a symbolic link following vulnerability affecting munge packaging in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 and openSUSE Factory, allowing local attackers to escalate privileges from the 'munge' user to root. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the FAUCET Risk Score is 58/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.5.13-4.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:munge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 0.5.13-6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:munge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.