What is CVE-2019-17051?

CVE-2019-17051 is a high-severity vulnerability in Evernote, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2019-17051?

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

Vulnerability in Evernote

CVE-2019-17051

Evernote before 7.13 GA on macOS allows code execution because the com.apple.quarantine attribute is not used for attachment files, as demonstrated by a one-click attack involving a drag-and-drop operation on a crafted Terminal file.

Published 2019-09-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Evernote

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

evernote.com/security/updates (Vendor Advisory)
www.youtube.com/watch (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17051?: CVE-2019-17051 is a high-severity vulnerability in Evernote, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2019-17051?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.