VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-11660
This vulnerability could be exploited by a low-privileged user to execute a custom binary with higher privileges.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 7.85%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Affected
- microfocus/data protector
- Source
- security@opentext.com
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. Refreshed daily.