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CVE-2019-3695

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-3695 is an Improper Control of Generation of Code vulnerability affecting the pcp package in various SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap distributions. It allows a local attacker with pcp user privileges to execute arbitrary code as root by manipulating the /var/log/pcp/configs.sh file. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3.1 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.11.9-5.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:pcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.3.1-3.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:pcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 3.11.9-6.14.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:pcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.3.1-lp151.2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:pcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.4HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: pcp-0:4.3.2-12.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pcp-0:5.0.2-5.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-3695Low

pcp: Local privilege escalation in pcp spec file %post section

Oct 14, 2019

References

bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory