CVE-2019-3698 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2019-3698

nagios cron job allows privilege escalation from user nagios to root

5.7 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

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.

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:

Matthias Gerstner

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Affected Vendor

SUSE

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Affected Software

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Factory

Vulnerable Versions:

nagios

Timeline

Official Publish: February 28th, 2020

Last Modified: September 16th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

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