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Vulnerability details: VCID-7war-ne2h-wkej
Vulnerability ID VCID-7war-ne2h-wkej
Aliases CVE-2019-3842
Summary security update
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 6.3
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CWE-285 Improper Authorization
System Score Found at
cvssv3 4.5 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00062.html
ssvc Track http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00062.html
cvssv3 4.5 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152610/systemd-Seat-Verification-Active-Session-Spoofing.html
ssvc Track http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152610/systemd-Seat-Verification-Active-Session-Spoofing.html
cvssv3 4.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-3842.json
epss 0.00098 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3842
epss 0.00098 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3842
epss 0.00098 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3842
epss 0.00098 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3842
epss 0.00098 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3842
epss 0.00098 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3842
epss 0.00098 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3842
epss 0.00098 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3842
epss 0.00098 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3842
cvssv3 4.5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3842
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3842
cvssv3 4.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 4.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
ssvc Track https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
cvssv3 4.5 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
ssvc Track https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
cvssv3 4.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00022.html
ssvc Track https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00022.html
cvssv3 4.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STR36RJE4ZZIORMDXRERVBHMPRNRTHAC/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STR36RJE4ZZIORMDXRERVBHMPRNRTHAC/
cvssv2 4.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3842
cvssv3 4.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3842
cvssv3.1 7.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3842
cvssv3 4.5 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46743/
ssvc Track https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46743/
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00062.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152610/systemd-Seat-Verification-Active-Session-Spoofing.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-3842.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3842
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3842
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3842
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00022.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STR36RJE4ZZIORMDXRERVBHMPRNRTHAC/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46743/
1668521 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1668521
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:242:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:242:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:242:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:242:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:242:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:242:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2019-3842 Exploit https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1756
CVE-2019-3842 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/46743.txt
CVE-2019-3842 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3842
RHSA-2021:1611 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1611
RHSA-2021:3900 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3900
USN-3938-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3938-1/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added April 23, 2019
Description systemd - Lack of Seat Verification in PAM Module Permits Spoofing Active Session to polkit
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date April 23, 2019
Exploit type dos
Platform linux
Source update date April 23, 2019
Source URL https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1756
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00062.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:47:18Z/ Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00062.html
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152610/systemd-Seat-Verification-Active-Session-Spoofing.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:47:18Z/ Found at http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152610/systemd-Seat-Verification-Active-Session-Spoofing.html
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-3842.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3842
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:47:18Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3842
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:47:18Z/ Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:47:18Z/ Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00022.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:47:18Z/ Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00022.html
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STR36RJE4ZZIORMDXRERVBHMPRNRTHAC/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:47:18Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STR36RJE4ZZIORMDXRERVBHMPRNRTHAC/
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3842
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3842
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3842
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46743/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:47:18Z/ Found at https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46743/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.26988
EPSS Score 0.00098
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:58:23.698596+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-stretch.xml.bz2 38.0.0