User can overwrite arbitrary log files in support tar
In supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1 and if pacemaker is installed on the system, an unprivileged user could have overwritten arbitrary files in the directory that is used by supportutils to collect the log files.
- Published
- Mar 5, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 32th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-377
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Report tools
Action score
18
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 18 / 40 · 4.7 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 4.7
- CNA · microfocus
- 2.2
- 2.5 point gap
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| opensuse | supportutils | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:supportutils |
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.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | supportutils | before 3.1.17-2.2 | 3.1.17-2.2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | supportutils | before 3.1-5.7.1 | 3.1-5.7.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | supportutils | before 1.20-122.9.1 | 1.20-122.9.1 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | hostinfo | before 1.0.1-19.5.1 | 1.0.1-19.5.1 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | supportutils | before 3.0-95.21.1 | 3.0-95.21.1 |
Same product
opensuse: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2018-19639Code execution if run with command line switch -v31Monitor
- CVE-2018-19636Local root exploit via inclusion of attacker controlled shell script31Monitor
- CVE-2018-19640Code execution if run with command line switch -v22Monitor
- CVE-2018-19637Static temporary filename allows overwriting of files22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| opensuse:supportutils | 3.1.17-2.2 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:hostinfo | 1.0.1-19.5.1 · SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:supportutils | 3.1-5.7.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Johannes SegitzSUSE
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-377 · Insecure Temporary FileCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00018.html
- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118460
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.