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.

EPSS: 0.012 (64.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ge Ge_communicator
N/a Ge Communicator — versions All versions prior to 4.0.517

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, 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.