CVE-2019-18897CWE-59

Local privilege escalation from user salt to root

High · published March 2, 2020

CVSS v3.1
8.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 salt-master version 2019.2.0-46.83.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 salt-master version 2019.2.0-6.21.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory salt-master version 2019.2.2-3.1 and prior versions.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00386 · 31.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2020-03-02T15:20Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 MAR 15:20Z
    Local privilege escalation from user salt to root
    cvelistv5