{"cve":"CVE-2019-10143","nvd":{"published":"2019-05-24T17:29:02.490","modified":"2026-06-17T02:10:20.803","status":"Modified","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.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.0},"cwes":["CWE-250","CWE-266","CWE-362"],"references":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155361/FreeRadius-3.0.19-Logrotate-Privilege-Escalation.html","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/14","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3353","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10143","https://freeradius.org/security/"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","freeradius:freeradius","redhat:enterprise_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:56:19.218283075+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-10143","score":0.00345,"percentile":0.28117,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}