Name: CVE-2019-5164: Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-5164, CWE-306, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.00429

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade shadowsocks-libev	Jul 30, 2024	Dec 3, 2019
Suse	—	Upgrade shadowsocks-libev-develUpgrade shadowsocks-libevUpgrade shadowsocks-libev-docUpgrade libshadowsocks-libev2	Dec 12, 2019	Dec 3, 2019

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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