CVE-2019-17446

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://eracent.com/security-bulletin-cve-2019-17446/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:eracent:epa_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-11-22 18:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 20:39

NVD link : CVE-2019-17446

Mitre link : CVE-2019-17446

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-17446

JSON object : View

Products Affected

eracent

epa_agent

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

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