What is CVE-2019-3699?

CVE-2019-3699 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Factory, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2020-01-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-3699?

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

Vulnerability in Opensuse Factory

CVE-2019-3699

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of privoxy on openSUSE Leap 15.1, Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user privoxy to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 privoxy version 3.0.28-lp1…

EPSS: 0.001 (30.6th 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 privoxy
Opensuse Leap 15.1 — versions privoxy

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3699?: CVE-2019-3699 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Factory, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2020-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-3699?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.