What is CVE-2019-19792?

CVE-2019-19792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eset Cyber Security, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2019-19792?

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

Vulnerability in Eset Cyber Security

CVE-2019-19792

A permissions issue in ESET Cyber Security before 6.8.300.0 for macOS allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by appending data to root-owned files.

Published 2020-03-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Eset Cyber Security

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/esets-cyber-security (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19792?: CVE-2019-19792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eset Cyber Security, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2019-19792?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.