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CVE-2019-3690
chkstat follows untrusted symbolic links
Medium6.8EPSS 0.42%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- suse
Description
The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional hardenings after this fix). This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| suseCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230
References (2)
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2672 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150734 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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