CVE-2019-20384
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 20, 2020 at 11:52 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:30 AM UTC
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Gentoo Portage through 2.3.84 allows local users to place a Trojan horse plugin in the /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins directory by leveraging access to the nagios user account, because this directory is writable in between a call to emake and a call to fowners.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/21/1x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.gentoo.org/692492CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362
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