What is CVE-2019-16519?

CVE-2019-16519 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eset Cyber Security, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-10-14.

How severe is CVE-2019-16519?

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

Privilege escalation in Eset Cyber Security

CVE-2019-16519

ESET Cyber Security 6.7.900.0 for macOS allows a local attacker to execute unauthorized commands as root by abusing an undocumented feature in scheduled tasks.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2019-10-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

support.eset.com/ca7317/ (Vendor Advisory)
danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/esets-cyber-security (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16519?: CVE-2019-16519 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eset Cyber Security, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-10-14.
How severe is CVE-2019-16519?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.