{"id":"CVE-2019-12280","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-12280","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:41:46.951Z","title":"PC-Doctor Toolbox before 7.3 has an Uncontrolled Search Path Element.","description":"PC-Doctor Toolbox before 7.3 has an Uncontrolled Search Path Element.","published":"2019-06-25T21:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:14:22.000Z","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-427"],"affected":["pc-doctor/toolbox","dell/supportassist for business pcs","dell/supportassist for home pcs"],"epss":{"score":0.02231,"percentile":0.8267,"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 (2.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153374/PC-Doctor-Toolbox-DLL-Hijacking.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/29","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.pc-doctor.com/company/pr-articles/130-pc-doctor-responds-to-software-vulnerability-report","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108880","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://safebreach.com/Press-Post/SafeBreach-Identifies-Serious-Vulnerability-In-PC-Doctor-Software","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/29","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.dell.com/support/article/il/en/ilbsdt1/sln317291/dsa-2019-084-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-security-update-for-pc-doctor-vulnerability?lang=en","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/06/21/Dell-Releases-Security-Advisory-Dell-SupportAssist","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153374/PC-Doctor-Toolbox-DLL-Hijacking.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/29","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.pc-doctor.com/company/pr-articles/130-pc-doctor-responds-to-software-vulnerability-report","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108880","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://safebreach.com/Press-Post/SafeBreach-Identifies-Serious-Vulnerability-In-PC-Doctor-Software","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/29","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.dell.com/support/article/il/en/ilbsdt1/sln317291/dsa-2019-084-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-security-update-for-pc-doctor-vulnerability?lang=en","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/06/21/Dell-Releases-Security-Advisory-Dell-SupportAssist","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12280","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."}