{"id":"CVE-2018-19999","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-19999","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:43:00.483Z","title":"The local management interface in SolarWinds Serv-U FTP Server 15.1.6.25 has incorrect access controls that permit local users to bypass authentication in the application and execute code in the context of the Windows SYSTEM account, leading to…","description":"The local management interface in SolarWinds Serv-U FTP Server 15.1.6.25 has incorrect access controls that permit local users to bypass authentication in the application and execute code in the context of the Windows SYSTEM account, leading to privilege escalation. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have local access the the host running Serv-U, and a Serv-U administrator have an active management console session.","published":"2019-06-07T17:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:50:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["solarwinds/serv-u ftp server"],"epss":{"score":0.00605,"percentile":0.48746,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/46","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.themissinglink.com.au/security-advisories-cve-2018-19999","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/46","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.themissinglink.com.au/security-advisories-cve-2018-19999","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19999","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}