title: Local privilege escalation from user privoxy to root
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.
problem types: CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
affected:
{
product: Leap 15.1
vendor: openSUSE
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 3.0.28-lp151.1.1, status: affected, version: privoxy, versionType: custom
}
{
product: Factory
vendor: openSUSE
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 3.0.28-2.1, status: affected, version: privoxy, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 7.7
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
version: 3.1
]