What is CVE-2019-11885?

CVE-2019-11885 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eye-Disk Eyedisk, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2019-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2019-11885?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Eye-Disk Eyedisk

CVE-2019-11885

eyeDisk implements the unlock feature by sending a cleartext password. The password can be discovered by sniffing USB traffic or by sending a 06 05 52 41 01 b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 SCSI command.

Published 2019-05-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Eye-Disk Eyedisk

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/eyedisk-hacking-the-unhackable-again/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11885?: CVE-2019-11885 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eye-Disk Eyedisk, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2019-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2019-11885?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.