Local root exploit via inclusion of attacker controlled shell script

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• opensuse supportutilsbefore 3.1-5.7.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (microfocus). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• SUSE supportutils

  • unspecified and later · before 3.1-5.7.1affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2018-19639Code execution if run with command line switch -v
  31Monitor
• CVE-2018-19640Code execution if run with command line switch -v
  22Monitor
• CVE-2018-19637Static temporary filename allows overwriting of files
  22Monitor
• CVE-2018-19638User can overwrite arbitrary log files in support tar
  18Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

A function added for development or support ships to production without authentication. It often relies on the assumption that it is “only reachable from the internal network.”

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1// Added for the support team2app.post("/maintenance/reset", resetDevice);

1if (config.maintenanceEnabled) {2  app.post(3    "/maintenance/reset",4    requireSession, requireRole("admin"), resetDevice5  );6}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.