What is CVE-2019-18899?

CVE-2019-18899 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap 15.1, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2020-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2019-18899?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-18899 known to be exploited?

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

Privilege escalation in Opensuse Leap 15.1

CVE-2019-18899

The apt-cacher-ng package of openSUSE Leap 15.1 runs operations in user owned directory /run/apt-cacher-ng with root privileges. This can allow local attackers to influence the outcome of these operations. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.001 (30.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Opensuse Leap 15.1 — versions apt-cacher-ng

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2019-18899

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18899?: CVE-2019-18899 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap 15.1, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2020-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-18899?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-18899 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.