CVE-2019-12177
Privilege escalation due to insecure directory permissions affecting ViveportDesktopService in HTC VIVEPORT before 1.0.0.36 allows local attackers to escalate privileges via DLL hijacking.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Privilege escalation due to insecure directory permissions affecting ViveportDesktopService in HTC VIVEPORT before 1.0.0.36 allows local attackers to escalate privileges via DLL hijacking.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.40% probability · 72th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-427
- Affected
- htc/viveport
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://community.viveport.com/Vendor Advisory
- https://huskersec.com/privilege-escalation-via-htc-viveport-desktop-c93471ff87c8Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://posts.specterops.io/razer-synapse-3-elevation-of-privilege-6d2802bd0585Not Applicable
- https://community.viveport.com/Vendor Advisory
- https://huskersec.com/privilege-escalation-via-htc-viveport-desktop-c93471ff87c8Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://posts.specterops.io/razer-synapse-3-elevation-of-privilege-6d2802bd0585Not Applicable
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.