CVE-2019-3475

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3475
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-20 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:09:00 UTC
DescriptionA local privilege escalation vulnerability in the famtd component of Micro Focus Filr 3.0 allows a local attacker authenticated as a low privilege user to escalate to root. This vulnerability affects all versions of Filr 3.x prior to Security Update 6.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microfocus Filr 3.0 - All All
Application Microfocus Filr 3.0 update_1 All All
Application Microfocus Filr 3.0 update_2 All All
Application Microfocus Filr 3.0 update_3 All All
Application Microfocus Filr 3.0 update_4 All All
Application Microfocus Filr 3.0 update_5 All All
Application Microfocus Filr 3.0 - All All
Application Microfocus Filr 3.0 update_1 All All
Application Microfocus Filr 3.0 update_2 All All
Application Microfocus Filr 3.0 update_3 All All
Application Microfocus Filr 3.0 update_4 All All
Application Microfocus Filr 3.0 update_5 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Micro Focus Filr 3.4.0.217 - Path Traversal / Local Privilege Escalation - Linux webapps Exploit www.exploit-db.com
Downloads - Filr 3.0 - Security Update 6 download.novell.com
support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php support.microfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: This vulnerability was discovered and researched by Matias Choren from SecureAuth.

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