CVE-2019-3698CWE-59

nagios cron job allows privilege escalation from user nagios to root

Medium · published February 28, 2020

CVSS v3.1
5.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
52.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the cronjob shipped with nagios of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to cause cause DoS or potentially escalate privileges by winning a race. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 nagios version 3.5.1-5.27 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 nagios version 3.0.6-1.25.36.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory nagios version 4.4.5-2.1 and prior versions.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00684 · 52.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2020-02-28T13:20Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 FEB 13:20Z
    nagios cron job allows privilege escalation from user nagios to root
    cvelistv5