What is CVE-2019-18898?

CVE-2019-18898 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Factory, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2020-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2019-18898?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-18898 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Opensuse Factory

CVE-2019-18898

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 Enterpr…

EPSS: 0.001 (35.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Opensuse Factory — versions trousers
Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 Sp1 — versions trousers

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2019-18898

References

openSUSE-SU-2020:0744 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18898?: CVE-2019-18898 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Factory, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2020-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-18898?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-18898 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.