CVE-2019-13069
extenua SilverSHielD 6.x fails to secure its ProgramData folder, leading to a Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
extenua SilverSHielD 6.x fails to secure its ProgramData folder, leading to a Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM. The attacker must replace SilverShield.config.sqlite with a version containing an additional user account, and then use SSH and port forwarding to reach a 127.0.0.1 service.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.17% probability · 67th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 1 August 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- extenua/silvershield
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% 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.
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://kb.extenua.comRelease Notes
- https://www.fobz.net/adv/ag47ex/info.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://kb.extenua.comRelease Notes
- https://www.fobz.net/adv/ag47ex/info.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.