CVE-2019-19191
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 21, 2019 at 05:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorService Provider
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) 3.x before 3.1.0 shipped a spec file that calls chown on files in a directory controlled by the service user (the shibd account) after installation. This allows the user to escalate to root by pointing symlinks to files such as /etc/shadow.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
3.0.0 ≤ v < 3.1.0
Affected range stops below 3.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00017.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157471x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-874CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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