{"id":"CVE-2019-11074","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-11074","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:34:44.711Z","title":"A Write to Arbitrary Location in Disk vulnerability exists in PRTG Network Monitor 19.1.49 and below that allows attackers to place files in arbitrary locations with SYSTEM privileges (although not controlling the contents of such files) due to…","description":"A Write to Arbitrary Location in Disk vulnerability exists in PRTG Network Monitor 19.1.49 and below that allows attackers to place files in arbitrary locations with SYSTEM privileges (although not controlling the contents of such files) due to insufficient sanitisation when passing arguments to the phantomjs.exe binary. In order to exploit the vulnerability, remote authenticated administrators need to create a new HTTP Full Web Page Sensor and set specific settings when executing the sensor.","published":"2020-03-17T15:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:12:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-434"],"affected":["paessler/prtg network monitor"],"epss":{"score":0.04544,"percentile":0.91523,"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 (4.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://how2itsec.blogspot.com/2019/10/security-fixes-in-prtg-1935152.html","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sensepost.com/blog/2019/being-stubborn-pays-off-pt.-1-cve-2018-19204/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.paessler.com/prtg/history/stable","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://how2itsec.blogspot.com/2019/10/security-fixes-in-prtg-1935152.html","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sensepost.com/blog/2019/being-stubborn-pays-off-pt.-1-cve-2018-19204/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.paessler.com/prtg/history/stable","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11074","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."}