VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-3688

CVSS score5.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-10-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Description

The /usr/sbin/pinger binary packaged with squid in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 4.8-5.8.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including 3.5.21-26.17.1 had squid:root, 0750 permissions. This allowed an attacker that compromissed the squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary

Weakness classification

  • CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions

Primary references