CVE-2019-18898

trousers: Local privilege escalation from tss to root

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the trousers package of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers escalate privileges from user tss to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-6.3.1. openSUSE Factory trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-7.1.

Enlace simbólico de UNIX (Symlink) Siguiendo la vulnerabilidad en el paquete trousers de SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1; Los atacantes locales permitidos por openSUSE Factory escalan los privilegios del usuario tss al root. Este problema afecta a: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 versiones de trousers anteriores a la versión 0.3.14-6.3.1. Versiones de trousers openSUSE Factory anteriores a la versión 0.3.14-7.1.

*Credits: Johannes Segitz from SUSE

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-11-12 CVE Reserved
2020-01-23 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2024-09-16 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157651	2024-09-16

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00066.html	2022-11-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Trousers Search vendor "Suse" for product "Trousers"	< 0.3.14-6.3.1 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Trousers" and version " < 0.3.14-6.3.1"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Suse Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server"	15 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Server" and version "15"	sp1	Safe
Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Trousers Search vendor "Suse" for product "Trousers"	< 0.3.14-7.1 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Trousers" and version " < 0.3.14-7.1"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Opensuse Factory Search vendor "Suse" for product "Opensuse Factory"	-	-	Safe
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected