Vulnerability in Solarwinds Orion Network Performance Monitor
CVE-2019-8917
SolarWinds Orion NPM before 12.4 suffers from a SYSTEM remote code execution vulnerability in the OrionModuleEngine service. This service establishes a NetTcpBinding endpoint that allows remote, unauthenticated clients to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The InvokeActionMethod method may be abused by an attacker to execute commands as the SYSTEM user.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.364 (98.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.364 · newest: 0.364 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/107061 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2019-001.md (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-8917?
- CVE-2019-8917 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Orion Network Performance Monitor. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-02-18.
- How severe is CVE-2019-8917?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-8917 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.