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CVE-2019-19191 (GCVE-0-2019-19191)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-21 17:06 – Updated: 2024-08-05 02:09
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Summary
Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) 3.x before 3.1.0 shipped a spec file that calls chown on files in a directory controlled by the service user (the shibd account) after installation. This allows the user to escalate to root by pointing symlinks to files such as /etc/shadow.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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