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.

EPSS: 0.014 (69.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Htc Viveport
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, 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.