CVE-2018-19636 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2018-19636

Local root exploit via inclusion of attacker controlled shell script

Vulnerability Description

Supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1, when run with command line argument -A searched the file system for a ndspath binary. If an attacker provides one at an arbitrary location it is executed with root privileges

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Vítězslav Čížek of SUSE

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

supportutils
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: March 5th, 2019
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)