CVE-2019-10143

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: May 24, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:10 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraEnterprise LinuxFreeradius

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

It was discovered freeradius up to and including version 3.0.19 does not correctly configure logrotate, allowing a local attacker who already has control of the radiusd user to escalate his privileges to root, by tricking logrotate into writing a radiusd-writable file to a directory normally inaccessible by the radiusd user. NOTE: the upstream software maintainer has stated "there is simply no way for anyone to gain privileges through this alleged issue."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-250CWE-266CWE-362

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