What is CVE-2019-6544?

CVE-2019-6544 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ge Communicator, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2019-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-6544?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ge Communicator

CVE-2019-6544

GE Communicator, all versions prior to 4.0.517, has a service running with system privileges that may allow an unprivileged user to perform certain administrative actions, which may allow the execution of scheduled scripts with system administrator privileges. This service is inaccessible to attackers if Windows default firewall settings are used by the end user.

Published 2019-05-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ge Communicator
Ge Communicator — versions All versions prior to 4.0.517

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-19-122-02 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6544?: CVE-2019-6544 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ge Communicator, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2019-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-6544?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.