CVE-2019-25747
Network Inventory Advisor 5.0.26.0 installs the niaservice service with an unquoted binary path that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by placing malicious executables in intermediate directories.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Network Inventory Advisor 5.0.26.0 installs the niaservice service with an unquoted binary path that allows local attackers to escalate privileges by placing malicious executables in intermediate directories. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the service configuration to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges when the service starts or restarts.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.5 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.18% probability · 7th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-428
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.