Privilege escalation in Micro Focus Filr
CVE-2019-3475
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the famtd component of Micro Focus Filr 3.0 allows a local attacker authenticated as a low privilege user to escalate to root. This vulnerability affects all versions of Filr 3.x prior to Security Update 6.
EPSS: 0.010 (58.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Micro Focus Filr — versions 3
- Microfocus Filr — versions 3.0
- Suse Suse_linux_enterprise_server — versions 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@opentext.com (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- security@opentext.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- security@opentext.com (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-3475?
- CVE-2019-3475 is a high-severity vulnerability in Micro Focus Filr, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-02-20.
- How severe is CVE-2019-3475?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-3475 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.