CVE-2019-16519
ESET Cyber Security 6.7.900.0 for macOS allows a local attacker to execute unauthorized commands as root by abusing an undocumented feature in scheduled tasks.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
ESET Cyber Security 6.7.900.0 for macOS allows a local attacker to execute unauthorized commands as root by abusing an undocumented feature in scheduled tasks.
- 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
- 0.30% probability · 23th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- eset/cyber security · eset/endpoint antivirus · eset/endpoint security
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.3% since 26 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
- http://support.eset.com/ca7317/Vendor Advisory
- https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/esets-cyber-securityBroken Link
- http://support.eset.com/ca7317/Vendor Advisory
- https://danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/esets-cyber-securityBroken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.