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CVE-2019-3844

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-3844 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in systemd services utilizing the DynamicUser property, affecting canonical, NetApp, and systemd_project. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by leveraging SUID binaries to create setgid binaries owned by a service's transient group, potentially gaining access to resources of future services when GIDs are recycled. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8 due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB proof-of-concept (EDB-46760) exists, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 242CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
19.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-46760 · Apr 26, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0089 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 16,974 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 (6)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17047-16820Fixed in: -
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 systemd 239-34 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: -
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 239-34
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 239-34
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: systemd-0:239-29.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2020-Aug/CVE-2019-3844

CVE-2019-3844

Aug 11, 2020
redhatCVE-2019-3844Moderate

systemd: services with DynamicUser can get new privileges and create SGID binaries

Apr 25, 2019
microsoft2019-Apr/CVE-2019-3844Important

It was discovered that a systemd service that uses DynamicUser property can get new privileges through the execution of SUID binaries which would allow to create binaries owned by the service transient group with the setgid bit set. A local attacker may use this flaw to access resources that will be owned by a potentially different service in the future when the GID will be recycled.

Apr 9, 2019

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190619-0002
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4269-1
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/108096
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry