CVE-2018-19639 Code execution if run with command line switch -v

2019-02-2100:00:00

CWE-78

microfocus

www.cve.org

6.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

12.7%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "supportutils",
    "vendor": "SUSE",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "3.1-5.7.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]