CVE-2019-18897
Local privilege escalation from user salt to root
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- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
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Affected versions
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
From salt-master · through 2019.2.0-46.83.1
- SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
From salt-master · through 2019.2.0-6.21.1
- openSUSE Factory
From salt-master · through 2019.2.2-3.1