CVE-2019-10143

freeradius: privilege escalation due to insecure logrotate configuration

Published May 24, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.0 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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."

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-2181 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."
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 10:10 PM
Reserved
Mar 27, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 24, 2019, 5:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:10 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 1, 2019, 12:00 AM