What is CVE-2019-18196?

CVE-2019-18196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-18196?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2019-18196

A DLL side loading vulnerability in the Windows Service in TeamViewer versions up to 11.0.133222 (fixed in 11.0.214397), 12.0.181268 (fixed in 12.0.214399), 13.2.36215 (fixed in 13.2.36216), and 14.6.4835 (fixed in 14.7.1965) on Windows could allow an attacker to perform code execution on a target system via a service restart where the DLL was previously installed with administrative privileges. Exploitation requires that an attacker be able to create a new file in the TeamViewer application directory; directory permissions restrict that by default.

EPSS: 0.006 (46.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows
Teamviewer
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18196?: CVE-2019-18196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-18196?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.