FKIE_CVE-2018-19636

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-03-05 16:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:49
Severity
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
References
security@opentext.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00018.html
security@opentext.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117751
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00018.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117751
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
opensuse supportutils *
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          "vendor": "SUSE",
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            }
          ]
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      ],
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    }
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    },
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      "value": "Supportutils, en versiones anteriores a la 3.1-5.7.1, buscaba en el sistema de archivos por un binario ndspath al ejecutarse con una l\u00ednea de comandos con el argumento -A. Si un atacante proporciona uno de dichos argumentos en una ubicaci\u00f3n arbitraria, se ejecuta con privilegios root."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2018-19636",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:49:38.280",
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