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Fencer Vulns
high 8.4

CVE-2019-3695 json

pcp: Local privilege escalation from user pcp to root

published 2020-03-03 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-13330

cvss
8.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Improper Control of Generation of Code vulnerability in the packaging of pcp of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows the user pcp to run code as root by placing it into /var/log/pcp/configs.sh This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1 pcp versions prior to 4.3.1-3.5.3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-6.14.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-6.14.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 pcp versions prior to 4.3.1-lp151.2.3.1.

Patch / fix

  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS 3.11.9-5.8.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS 3.11.9-5.8.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 3.11.9-5.8.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1 4.3.1-3.5.3
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15 3.11.9-5.8.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS 3.11.9-5.8.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 3.11.9-5.8.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 3.11.9-6.14.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 3.11.9-6.14.1
  • openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.3.1-lp151.2.3.1
  • pcp RHEL 7 4.3.2-12.el7
  • pcp-gui RHEL 7 4.3.2-12.el7
  • pcp-conf RHEL 7 4.3.2-12.el7
  • pcp-libs RHEL 7 4.3.2-12.el7
  • pcp-webjs RHEL 7 4.3.2-12.el7
  • pcp-webapi RHEL 7 4.3.2-12.el7
  • python-pcp RHEL 7 4.3.2-12.el7
  • pcp-manager RHEL 7 4.3.2-12.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:3869RHBA-2020:1628

  • pcp SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 +2 more 3.11.9-5.8.1
  • pcp SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP4 3.11.9-6.14.1
  • pcp SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 4.3.1-3.5.3

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:0357-1SUSE-SU-2020:0356-1SUSE-SU-2020:0355-1

  • pcp openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.2.2-3.4
  • pcp openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.3.1-lp151.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11152-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0213-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-3695 updated cvss 7.3

pcp: Local privilege escalation in pcp spec file %post section

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pcp, pcp-gui, pcp-conf, pcp-libs, pcp-webjs, pcp-webapi, +71 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) pcp 5.0.2-5.el8, pcp-gui 5.0.2-5.el8, pcp-conf 5.0.2-5.el8, pcp-libs 5.0.2-5.el8, pcp-manager 5.0.2-5.el8, pcp-pmda-dm 5.0.2-5.el8, +87 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2020:1628
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) pcp 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-gui 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-conf 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-libs 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-webapi 4.3.2-12.el7, python-pcp 4.3.2-12.el7, +47 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) pcp-webjs 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-bcc 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-lio 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-mic 4.3.2-12.el7, perl-PCP-MMV 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-cifs 4.3.2-12.el7, +36 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) pcp 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-conf 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-libs 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-webapi 4.3.2-12.el7, python-pcp 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-manager 4.3.2-12.el7, +46 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) pcp-gui 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-webjs 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-bcc 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-lio 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-mic 4.3.2-12.el7, perl-PCP-MMV 4.3.2-12.el7, +37 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) pcp 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-gui 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-conf 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-libs 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-webapi 4.3.2-12.el7, python-pcp 4.3.2-12.el7, +47 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) pcp-webjs 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-bcc 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-lio 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-mic 4.3.2-12.el7, perl-PCP-MMV 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-cifs 4.3.2-12.el7, +36 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) pcp 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-gui 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-conf 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-libs 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-webapi 4.3.2-12.el7, python-pcp 4.3.2-12.el7, +47 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) pcp-webjs 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-bcc 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-lio 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-mic 4.3.2-12.el7, perl-PCP-MMV 4.3.2-12.el7, pcp-pmda-cifs 4.3.2-12.el7, +36 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3869

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1152763 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
  • openSUSE openSUSE Leap 15.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

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.