VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-3689

CVSS score5.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-09-19
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 nfs-utils package in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including version 1.3.0-34.18.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 2.1.1-6.10.2 the directory /var/lib/nfs is owned by statd:nogroup. This directory contains files owned and managed by root. If statd is compromised, it can therefore trick processes running with root privileges into creating/overwriting files anywhere on the system.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions

Primary references