SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-12808

ALTOOLS update service 18.1 and earlier versions contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure permission.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.39%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

ALTOOLS update service 18.1 and earlier versions contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure permission. An attacker can overwrite an executable that is launched as a service to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with system 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
0.39% probability · 32th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264, CWE-732
Affected
estsoft/altools
Source
vuln@krcert.or.kr

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.