CVE-2019-3693 is a symlink following vulnerability in the packaging of Mailman, affecting SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, 12, and openSUSE Leap 15.1. A local attacker with wwwrun privileges could exploit this to escalate to root, and arbitrarily modify files to the mailman group. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.1.15-9.6.15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.1.17-3.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.1.29-lp151.2.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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