opensuse supportutils CVE-2018-19640 is a vulnerability in OpenSuse Supportutils
Published on March 5, 2019

Code execution if run with command line switch -v
If the attacker manages to create files in the directory used to collect log files in supportutils before version 3.1-5.7.1 (e.g. with CVE-2018-19638) he can kill arbitrary processes on the local machine.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Weakness Type

Insecure Temporary File

Creating and using insecure temporary files can leave application and system data vulnerable to attack.


Products Associated with CVE-2018-19640

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Affected Versions

SUSE supportutils:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.05%
Percentile
16.79%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.