{"id":"CVE-2019-10038","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-10038","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:23:29.286Z","title":"Evernote 7.9 on macOS allows attackers to execute arbitrary programs by embedding a reference to a local executable file such as the /Applications/Calculator.app/Contents/MacOS/Calculator file.","description":"Evernote 7.9 on macOS allows attackers to execute arbitrary programs by embedding a reference to a local executable file such as the /Applications/Calculator.app/Contents/MacOS/Calculator file.","published":"2019-05-31T22:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:10:05.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["evernote/evernote"],"epss":{"score":0.01307,"percentile":0.70419,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2019-04-18","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":46724,"kind":"exploit","title":"Evernote 7.9 - Code Execution via Path Traversal","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46724","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/macos/local/46724.txt","file":"exploits/macos/local/46724.txt","published":"2019-04-18","added":"2019-04-18","updated":"2019-04-18","author":"Dhiraj Mishra","type":"local","platform":"macos","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2019-10038"],"tags":"Traversal","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.inputzero.io/2019/04/evernote-cve-2019-10038.html"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.3%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cmWixK1vAh7oZ2y3Y3ZtVeSoTRp8c1Ts/view?usp=sharing","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://evernote.com/security/updates","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.inputzero.io/2019/04/evernote-cve-2019-10038.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cmWixK1vAh7oZ2y3Y3ZtVeSoTRp8c1Ts/view?usp=sharing","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://evernote.com/security/updates","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.inputzero.io/2019/04/evernote-cve-2019-10038.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10038","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."}