VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-3475
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the famtd component of Micro Focus Filr 3.0 allows a local attacker authenticated as a low privilege user to escalate to root.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.99%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the famtd component of Micro Focus Filr 3.0 allows a local attacker authenticated as a low privilege user to escalate to root. This vulnerability affects all versions of Filr 3.x prior to Security Update 6.
- 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
- 0.99% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-269
- Affected
- microfocus/filr
- Source
- security@opentext.com
References
- https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=nZUCSDkvpxk~
- https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023727
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46450/
- https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=nZUCSDkvpxk~
- https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023727
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46450/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.