Privilege escalation in Doas_project Doas
CVE-2019-15901
An issue was discovered in slicer69 doas before 6.2 on certain platforms other than OpenBSD. A setusercontext(3) call with flags to change the UID, primary GID, and secondary GIDs was replaced (on certain platforms: Linux and possibly NetB…
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.026 (83.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Doas_project Doas
- Linux Linux_kernel
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-15901?
- CVE-2019-15901 is a high-severity vulnerability in Doas_project Doas, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-10-18.
- How severe is CVE-2019-15901?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.