Privilege escalation in Titanhq Webtitan
CVE-2019-19014
An issue was discovered in TitanHQ WebTitan before 5.18. It has a sudoers file that enables low-privilege users to execute a vast number of commands as root, including mv, chown, and chmod. This can be trivially exploited to gain root privileges by an attacker with access.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
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: 0.005 (40.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- write-up.github.io/webtitan/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.webtitan.com/resources/product-updates/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-19014?
- CVE-2019-19014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Titanhq Webtitan, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-12-02.
- How severe is CVE-2019-19014?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.