CVE-2019-19520

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-12-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

xlock in OpenBSD 6.6 allows local users to gain the privileges of the auth group by providing a LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH environment variable, because xenocara/lib/mesa/src/loader/loader.c mishandles dlopen.

Affected products

OpenBSD: 6.6

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155572/Qualys-Security-Advisory-OpenBSD-Authentication-Bypass-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/14
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/6
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/8
https://www.openbsd.org/errata66.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/5
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155572/Qualys-Security-Advisory-OpenBSD-Authentication-Bypass-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/14
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/6
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/8

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