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CVE-2019-5164

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 3, 2019 at 09:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:37 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsLeapBackports SleShadowsocks Libev

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ss-manager binary of Shadowsocks-libev 3.3.2. Specially crafted network packets sent to ss-manager can cause an arbitrary binary to run, resulting in code execution and privilege escalation. An attacker can send network packets to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected

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

References (3)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00023.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00061.html
x_refsource_MISCExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0958

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-306

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