What is CVE-2019-9533?

CVE-2019-9533 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cobham Explorer 710, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2019-9533?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-9533 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Cobham Explorer 710

CVE-2019-9533

The root password of the Cobham EXPLORER 710 is the same for all versions of firmware up to and including v1.08. This could allow an attacker to reverse-engineer the password from available versions to gain authenticated access to the device.

Published 2019-10-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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 (73.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

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

Affected products

Cobham Explorer 710
Cobham Explorer 710 Firmware — versions 1.07
Cobham Plc Explorer 710 — versions 1.08

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ANG13T/aerospace-cve-list

References

kb.cert.org/vuls/id/719689/ (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9533?: CVE-2019-9533 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cobham Explorer 710, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2019-9533?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-9533 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.