CVE-2019-5164

high

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ss-manager binary of Shadowsocks-libev 3.3.2. Specially crafted network packets sent to ss-manager can cause an arbitrary binary to run, resulting in code execution and privilege escalation. An attacker can send network packets to trigger this vulnerability.

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0958

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00061.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00023.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-12-03

Updated: 2022-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High