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CVE-2019-3699: Local privilege escalation from user privoxy to root
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2020-01-24 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-59
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.
Affected products
- privoxy: before 3.0.28-lp151.1.1; before 3.0.28-2.1 — fixed in 3.0.28-2.1, 3.0.28-lp151.1.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: privoxy 3.0.28-2.1, 3.0.28-lp151.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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