What is CVE-2018-19636?

CVE-2018-19636 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Supportutils, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2019-03-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-19636?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Opensuse Supportutils

CVE-2018-19636

Supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1, when run with command line argument -A searched the file system for a ndspath binary. If an attacker provides one at an arbitrary location it is executed with root privileges

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.003 (23.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Opensuse Supportutils
Suse Supportutils — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@opentext.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security@opentext.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19636?: CVE-2018-19636 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Supportutils, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2019-03-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-19636?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.