Is CVE-2019-3699 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-3699 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-3699?

CVE-2019-3699 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.7 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-3699?

CVE-2019-3699 has an EPSS score of 0.41% (33th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-3699?

Upgrade privoxy to 3.0.28-2.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-3699

HIGH

7.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of privoxy on openSUSE Leap 15.1, Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user privoxy to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 privoxy version 3.0.28-lp151.1.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory privoxy version 3.0.28-2.1 and prior versions.

CWE-59Link Following

How to fix

Remediation Available

privoxyNVD

Affected:< 3.0.28-2.1Fixed in:3.0.28-2.1CVE-2019-3699derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days

33rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 33% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

bugzilla.suse.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.