CVE-2019-12808 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ALTOOLS update service 18.1 and earlier versions contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure permission. An attacker can overwrite an executable that is launched as a service to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Published: 2019-08-13

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

ESTSOFT

ALTOOLS Update Service

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`18.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:estsoft:altools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-4390	ALTOOLS update service 18.1 and earlier versions contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure permission. An attacker can overwrite an executable that is launched as a service to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.boho.or.kr/krcert/secNoticeView.do?bulletin_writing_sequence=35116

History

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Subscriptions

Estsoft Altools

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: krcert

Published: 2019-08-13T19:35:24.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:32:55.207Z

Reserved: 2019-06-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-12808

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-08-13T20:15:11.947

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:23:37.293

Link: CVE-2019-12808

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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