CVE-2019-17446

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

An issue was discovered in Eracent EPA Agent through 10.2.26. The agent executable, when installed for non-root operations (scanning), can be used to start external programs with elevated permissions because of an Untrusted Search Path.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2019-17446

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-11-22T18:15:10

Last Modified Date
2019-12-04T14:47:20

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-426	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:eracent:epa_agent::::::::	1	OR	10.2.26
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.6

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://eracent.com/security-bulletin-cve-2019-17446/	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17446
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17446

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:58:24				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 06:48:06	2019-11-22T18:15Z	2019-11-22T18:15:10	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 06:48:06		2019-12-04T14:47:20	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 06:48:06		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated