CVE-2019-3697

Local privilege escalation from user gnump3d to root

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Published Jan 24, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of gnump3d in openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local attackers to escalate from user gnump3d to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 gnump3d version 3.0-lp151.2.1 and prior versions.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

openSUSE

Leap 15.1

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`gnump3d`	affected	≤ 3.0-lp151.2.1

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnump3d::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-13332	UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of gnump3d in openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local attackers to escalate from user gnump3d to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.1 gnump3d version 3.0-lp151.2.1 and prior versions.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.518% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154229

History

Jul 11, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0012}`	epss `{'score': 0.00129}`

Subscriptions

Gnu Gnump3d

Opensuse Leap

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:31 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: suse
Published: Jan 24, 2020, 12:10 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 1:31 AM
Reserved: Jan 3, 2019, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:35 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 24, 2020, 12:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:35 AM

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