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Fencer Vulns
high 7.3

CVE-2018-19636 json

Local root exploit via inclusion of attacker controlled shell script

published 2019-03-05 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-11321

cvss
7.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1, when run with command line argument -A searched the file system for a ndspath binary. If an attacker provides one at an arbitrary location it is executed with root privileges

Patch / fix

  • SUSE supportutils 3.1-5.7.1
  • supportutils SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2 +10 more 3.0-95.21.1
  • hostinfo SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2 +8 more 1.0.1-19.5.1
  • supportutils SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 1.20-122.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1122-1SUSE-SU-2019:13976-1

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • SUSE supportutils

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.