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CVE-2019-19191

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.48%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-11-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2019-19191
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.48%

Original NVD Description

Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) 3.x before 3.1.0 shipped a spec file that calls chown on files in a directory controlled by the service user (the shibd account) after installation. This allows the user to escalate to root by pointing symlinks to files such as /etc/shadow.

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