CVE-2018-19639: medium-severity vulnerability in SUSE supportutils
Code execution if run with command line switch -v
Published · Updated
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.7epss 0.5%
exploitation probability
0.5%top 57% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
If supportutils before version 3.1-5.7.1 is run with -v to perform rpm verification and the attacker manages to manipulate the rpm listing (e.g. with CVE-2018-19638) he can execute arbitrary commands as root.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
SUSE · supportutilsRelated CVEs — SUSE supportutils
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2018-19637LOWStatic temporary filename allows overwriting of filesEPSS 0.5%CVE-2018-19638LOWUser can overwrite arbitrary log files in support tarEPSS 0.4%CVE-2018-19636HIGHLocal root exploit via inclusion of attacker controlled shell scriptEPSS 0.3%CVE-2018-19640MEDIUMCode execution if run with command line switch -vEPSS 0.3%