CVE-2019-3688

mediumpriority · track · 28OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.34% (27th) EPSS
CVSS 6.6 · medium
Is it mine?
4 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The /usr/sbin/pinger binary packaged with squid in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 4.8-5.8.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including 3.5.21-26.17.1 had squid:root, 0750 permissions. This allowed an attacker that compromissed the squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.1–7.1

v2.06.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 9.2
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2
v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · meissner@suse.deexploitability 2.5 · impact 2.5
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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CWE-276USprimary
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affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2019-10-07modified 2026-06-17
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references (22)

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