Vulnerability Details : 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.
Vulnerability category: Gain privilege
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-7588
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.11%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 44 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2019-7588
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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6.9
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MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
3.4
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10.0
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NIST |
7.0
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HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.0
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5.9
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NIST |
6.7
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
0.8
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5.9
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Johnson Controls |
CWE ids for CVE-2019-7588
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During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2019-7588
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https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/-/media/jci/be/united-states/specialty-pages/product-security/files/cpp-psa-2019-01-v2-exacqvision-esm.pdf
Mitigation;Third Party Advisory
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https://exacq.com/kb?crc=31399
Knowledge Base | Exacq from Tyco Security ProductsMitigation;Vendor Advisory
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https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151691/exacqvisionesm5122-escalate.txt
exacqVision ESM 5.12.2 Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet StormExploit;Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-19-164-01
Johnson Controls exacqVision Enterprise System Manager | CISAThird Party Advisory;US Government Resource
Products affected by CVE-2019-7588
- cpe:2.3:a:exacq:enterprise_system_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*