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Vulnerability details: VCID-frpw-pnca-fya4
Vulnerability ID VCID-frpw-pnca-fya4
Aliases CVE-2019-3466
Summary pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common does not drop privileges when creating socket/statistics temporary directoriesmore details
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
System Score Found at
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cvssv2 7.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3466
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3466
cvssv3 8.4 https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2019-3466/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3466
https://blog.mirch.io/2019/11/15/cve-2019-3466-debian-ubuntu-pg_ctlcluster-privilege-escalation/
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3466
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/additional-advisory-to-2019-11-14-cumulative-update-release-for-debian-and-ubuntu-users-1998/
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2019-3466/
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql-common:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql-common:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVE-2019-3466 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3466
USN-4194-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4194-1/
USN-4194-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4194-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3466
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3466
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.33469
EPSS Score 0.00131
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:03:38.237703+00:00 PostgreSQL Importer Import https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2019-3466 37.0.0