What is CVE-2019-12177?

CVE-2019-12177 is a high-severity vulnerability in Htc Viveport, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-06-03.

How severe is CVE-2019-12177?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Htc Viveport

CVE-2019-12177

Privilege escalation due to insecure directory permissions affecting ViveportDesktopService in HTC VIVEPORT before 1.0.0.36 allows local attackers to escalate privileges via DLL hijacking.

Published 2019-06-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Htc Viveport

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

community.viveport.com/ (Vendor Advisory)
huskersec.com/privilege-escalation-via-htc-viveport-desktop-c93471ff87c8 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
posts.specterops.io/razer-synapse-3-elevation-of-privilege-6d2802bd0585 (Not Applicable)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12177?: CVE-2019-12177 is a high-severity vulnerability in Htc Viveport, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-06-03.
How severe is CVE-2019-12177?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.