RCE in Br-Automation Industrial Automation Aprol

CVE-2019-19875

An issue was discovered in B&R Industrial Automation APROL before R4.2 V7.08. Arbitrary commands could be injected (using Python scripts) via the AprolCluster script that is invoked via sudo and thus executes with root privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-16364.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-19875: held from 0.015 to 0.015.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19875?
CVE-2019-19875 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Br-Automation Industrial Automation Aprol, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-11-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-19875?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.