CVE-2019-11660
This vulnerability could be exploited by a low-privileged user to execute a custom binary with higher privileges.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Privileges manipulation in Micro Focus Data Protector, versions 10.00, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.10, 10.20, 10.30, 10.40. This vulnerability could be exploited by a low-privileged user to execute a custom binary with higher privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.85% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 4 November 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Affected
- microfocus/data protector
- Source
- security@opentext.com
EPSS 7.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155076/Micro-Focus-HPE-Data-Protector-SUID-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/doc/KM03525630
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155076/Micro-Focus-HPE-Data-Protector-SUID-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/doc/KM03525630
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.