CVE-2018-19640

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-19640

Assigner
meissner@suse.de

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2019-03-05T16:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-05-08T21:29:01

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:supportutils::::::::	1	OR		3.1-5.7.1

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118463	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00018.html

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19640
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19640

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:53:22				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 17:48:32	security@suse.com	meissner@suse.de	CVE Assigner	updated
2022-12-03 17:48:32	2019-03-05T16:29Z	2019-03-05T16:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 17:48:32		2019-05-08T21:29:01	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 17:48:32		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated