CVE-2019-5443
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Code injection
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
A non-privileged user or program can put code and a config file in a known non-privileged path (under C:/usr/local/) that will make curl <= 7.65.1 automatically run the code (as an openssl "engine") on invocation. If that curl is invoked by a privileged user it can do anything it wants.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/24/1 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/24/1Patch
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5443.htmlPatch
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlPatch
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlPatch
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108881
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0002/Advisory