What is CVE-2019-17446?

CVE-2019-17446 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eracent Epa Agent, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-17446?

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

Vulnerability in Eracent Epa Agent

CVE-2019-17446

An issue was discovered in Eracent EPA Agent through 10.2.26. The agent executable, when installed for non-root operations (scanning), can be used to start external programs with elevated permissions because of an Untrusted Search Path.

EPSS: 0.003 (22.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Eracent Epa_agent
Linux Linux_kernel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17446?: CVE-2019-17446 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eracent Epa Agent, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-17446?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.