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Fencer Vulns
high 7.7

CVE-2019-3693 json

Local privilege escalation from user wwwrun to root in the packaging of mailman

published 2020-01-24 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-13328

cvss
7.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A symlink following vulnerability in the packaging of mailman in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allowed local attackers to escalate their privileges from user wwwrun to root. Additionally arbitrary files could be changed to group mailman. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 mailman versions prior to 2.1.15-9.6.15.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 mailman versions prior to 2.1.17-3.11.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 mailman version 2.1.29-lp151.2.14 and prior versions.

Patch / fix

  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 2.1.15-9.6.15.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 2.1.17-3.11.1
  • mailman SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +14 more 2.1.17-3.11.1
  • mailman SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 2.1.15-9.6.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:3076-1SUSE-SU-2019:14230-1

  • mailman Package Hub 15 SP1 2.1.29-bp151.5.3.1
  • mailman openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.1.29-lp151.3.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:0156-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0148-1

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/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 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • openSUSE Leap 15.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

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.