CVE-2019-3697 is a UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability affecting the packaging of gnump3d in openSUSE Leap 15.1 and prior versions. This flaw allows a local attacker, specifically the 'gnump3d' user, to escalate privileges to root. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring low privileges for a local attack that can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnump3d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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
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.