Vulnerability in Exacq Enterprise System Manager
CVE-2019-7588
A vulnerability in the exacqVision Enterprise System Manager (ESM) v5.12.2 application whereby unauthorized privilege escalation can potentially be achieved. This vulnerability impacts exacqVision ESM v5.12.2 and all prior versions of ESM running on a Windows operating system. This issue does not impact any Windows Server OSs, or Linux deployments with permissions that are not inherited from the root directory. Authorized Users have ‘modify’ permission to the ESM folders, which allows a low privilege account to modify files located in these directories. An executable can be renamed and replaced by a malicious file that could connect back to a bad actor providing system level privileges. A low privileged user is not able to restart the service, but a restart of the system would trigger the execution of the malicious file. This issue affects: Exacq Technologies, Inc. exacqVision Enterprise System Manager (ESM) Version 5.12.2 and prior versions; This issue does not affect: Exacq Technologies, Inc. exacqVision Enterprise System Manager (ESM) 19.03 and above.
EPSS: 0.007 (50.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- productsecurity@jci.com (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- productsecurity@jci.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- productsecurity@jci.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- productsecurity@jci.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-7588?
- CVE-2019-7588 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exacq Enterprise System Manager, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-06-18.
- How severe is CVE-2019-7588?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.