CVE-2018-19636 is a vulnerability in OpenSuse Supportutils
Published on March 5, 2019
Local root exploit via inclusion of attacker controlled shell script
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
Weakness Type
Missing Authentication for Critical Function
The software does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.
Products Associated with CVE-2018-19636
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Affected Versions
SUSE supportutils:- Version unspecified and below 3.1-5.7.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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