Local privilege escalation from user privoxy to root
Published Jan 24, 2020
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.41%
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.
Affected products
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- Version privoxyStatusaffectedConstraints<=3.0.28-2.1
- Version
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- Version privoxyStatusaffectedConstraints<=3.0.28-lp151.1.1
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
privoxy
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | privoxy | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2 other sources (Red Hat, CVE.org) ▾
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00409) | 32.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00409) | 34.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.40% (0.01404) | 49.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.98% (0.00985) | 27.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.22% (0.00221) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (5)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3699 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1803200 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157449 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3699
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3699
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3699 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1803200 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157449 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3699 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3699 |
Change history (0)
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