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CVE-2019-3690

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

The chkstat tool in the permissions package followed symlinks before commit a9e1d26cd49ef9ee0c2060c859321128a6dd4230 (please also check the additional hardenings after this fix). This allowed local attackers with control over a path that is traversed by chkstat to escalate privileges.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Opensuse — Leap

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