{"id":"CVE-2019-15742","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-15742","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:28:23.333Z","title":"A local privilege-escalation vulnerability exists in the Poly Plantronics Hub before 3.14 for Windows client application.","description":"A local privilege-escalation vulnerability exists in the Poly Plantronics Hub before 3.14 for Windows client application. A local attacker can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges.","published":"2020-01-17T00:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:20:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["plantronics/plantronics hub"],"epss":{"score":0.04979,"percentile":0.92164,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2020-01-17","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":47944,"kind":"exploit","title":"Plantronics Hub 3.13.2 - SpokesUpdateService Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47944","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/47944.rb","file":"exploits/windows/local/47944.rb","published":"2020-01-17","added":"2020-01-17","updated":"2020-01-17","author":"Metasploit","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2019-15742"],"tags":"Local","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/local/plantronics_hub_spokesupdateservice_privesc.rb"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 5.0%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155952/Plantronics-Hub-SpokesUpdateService-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155952/Plantronics-Hub-SpokesUpdateService-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15742","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."}