What is CVE-2019-17445?

CVE-2019-17445 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eracent Eda Agent, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-17445?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Eracent Eda Agent

CVE-2019-17445

An issue was discovered in Eracent EDA, EPA, EPM, EUA, FLW, and SUM Agent through 10.2.26. The agent executable, when installed for non-root operations (scanning), can be forced to copy files from the filesystem to other locations via Symbolic Link Following.

EPSS: 0.003 (26.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Eracent Eda_agent
Eracent Epa_agent
Eracent Epm_agent
Eracent Eua_agent
Eracent Flw_agent
Eracent Sum_agent
Linux Linux_kernel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17445?: CVE-2019-17445 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eracent Eda Agent, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-17445?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.