CVE-2019-3693 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2019-3693

Local privilege escalation from user wwwrun to root in the packaging of mailman

7.7 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A symlink following vulnerability in the packaging of mailman in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed local attackers to escalate their privileges from user wwwrun to root. Additionally arbitrary files could be changed to group mailman. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 mailman versions prior to 2.1.15-9.6.15.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mailman versions prior to 2.1.17-3.11.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 mailman version 2.1.29-lp151.2.14 and prior versions.

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:

Johannes Segitz of SUSE

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Affected Vendor

SUSE

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Affected Software

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, Leap 15.1

Vulnerable Versions:

mailman

Timeline

Official Publish: January 24th, 2020

Last Modified: September 17th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow

Privilege Escalation

T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification

Defense Evasion

T1005 Data from Local System

T1565 Data Manipulation

T1078 Valid Accounts