CVE-2019-3699

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 35% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2020-01-24
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

privoxy:privoxy

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157449
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157449

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