CVE-2019-3698: medium-severity vulnerability in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
nagios cron job allows privilege escalation from user nagios to root
Published · Updated
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.7epss 0.7%
exploitation probability
0.7%top 48% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Affected products
openSUSE · FactorySUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11SUSE · SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12Related CVEs — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
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