CVE-2019-3697 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of gnump3d in openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local attackers to escalate from user gnump3d to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 gnump3d version 3.0-lp151.2.1 and prior versions.

Published: 2020-01-24

Score: 7.7 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

openSUSE

Leap 15.1

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`gnump3d`	affected	≤ 3.0-lp151.2.1

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnump3d::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-13332	UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of gnump3d in openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local attackers to escalate from user gnump3d to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 gnump3d version 3.0-lp151.2.1 and prior versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00129.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154229

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0012}`	epss `{'score': 0.00129}`

Subscriptions

Gnu Gnump3d

Opensuse Leap

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published: 2020-01-24T12:10:11.878Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:31:57.295Z

Reserved: 2019-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-3697

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-24T12:15:11.427

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:42:21.287

Link: CVE-2019-3697

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

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