# pcp: Local privilege escalation from user pcp to root through migrate_tempdirs

CVE record · `CVE-2019-3696`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2019-3696`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.4 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** suse
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-22](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html)
- **Tags:** [Path traversal](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/path-traversal.md)
- **Technologies:** [SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-high-performance-computing-15-espos.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-high-performance-computing-15-ltss.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-module-for-development-tools-15.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-module-for-development-tools-15-sp1.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-module-for-open-buildservice-development-tools-15.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-15-ltss.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-for-sap-15.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-software-development-kit-12-sp4.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-software-development-kit-12-sp5.md) · [openSUSE Leap 15.1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/opensuse-leap-15-1.md)
- **Published:** 3 Mar 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sept 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: suse) at 3 Mar 2020, 11:05 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS.
  - affected: `pcp to before 3.11.9-5.8.1` (custom)
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS.
  - affected: `pcp to before 3.11.9-5.8.1` (custom)
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15.
  - affected: `pcp to before 3.11.9-5.8.1` (custom)
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1.
  - affected: `pcp to before 4.3.1-3.5.3` (custom)
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15.
  - affected: `pcp to before 3.11.9-5.8.1` (custom)
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS.
  - affected: `pcp to before 3.11.9-5.8.1` (custom)
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15.
  - affected: `pcp to before 3.11.9-5.8.1` (custom)
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4.
  - affected: `pcp to before 3.11.9-6.14.1` (custom)
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5.
  - affected: `pcp to before 3.11.9-6.14.1` (custom)
- Vendor: openSUSE. Product: openSUSE Leap 15.1.
  - affected: `pcp to before 4.3.1-lp151.2.3.1` (custom)

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.4 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (suse)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0046, the 39th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 3 Mar 2020. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2019-3696](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3696)
- [NVD: CVE-2019-3696](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3696)

### References from the CNA

- <https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153921> (confirm)

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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