CVE-2019-12522

An issue was discovered in Squid through 4.7. When Squid is run as root, it spawns its child processes as a lesser user, by default the user nobody. This is done via the leave_suid call. leave_suid leaves the Saved UID as 0. This makes it trivial for an attacker who has compromised the child process to escalate their privileges back to root.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2020-04-15 19:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 17:47


NVD link : CVE-2019-12522

Mitre link : CVE-2019-12522

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-12522


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Products Affected

squid-cache

  • squid
CWE
CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management