{"id":"CVE-2019-7394","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-7394","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:25:06.732Z","title":"A privilege escalation vulnerability in the administrative user interface of CA Technologies CA Strong Authentication 9.0.x, 8.2.x, 8.1.x, 8.0.x, 7.1.x and CA Risk Authentication 9.0.x, 8.2.x, 8.1.x, 8.0.x, 3.1.x allows an authenticated attacker to gain…","description":"A privilege escalation vulnerability in the administrative user interface of CA Technologies CA Strong Authentication 9.0.x, 8.2.x, 8.1.x, 8.0.x, 7.1.x and CA Risk Authentication 9.0.x, 8.2.x, 8.1.x, 8.0.x, 3.1.x allows an authenticated attacker to gain additional privileges in some cases where an account has customized and limited privileges.","published":"2019-05-28T19:29:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:40:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"vuln@ca.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":["ca/risk authentication","ca/strong authentication"],"epss":{"score":0.02819,"percentile":0.86467,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153089/CA-Risk-Strong-Authentication-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"vuln@ca.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/43","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"vuln@ca.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108483","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"vuln@ca.com"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/66","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"vuln@ca.com"},{"url":"https://support.ca.com/us/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/CA20190523-01--security-notice-for-ca-risk-authentication-and-ca-strong-authentication.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"vuln@ca.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153089/CA-Risk-Strong-Authentication-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/43","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108483","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/66","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.ca.com/us/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/CA20190523-01--security-notice-for-ca-risk-authentication-and-ca-strong-authentication.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7394","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."}