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CVE-2018-19640
Code execution if run with command line switch -v
Medium4.4EPSS 0.30%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
If the attacker manages to create files in the directory used to collect log files in supportutils before version 3.1-5.7.1 (e.g. with CVE-2018-19638) he can kill arbitrary processes on the local machine.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 3.1-5.7.1
References (2)
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118463 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1351 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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