CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-19999
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-06-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
The local management interface in SolarWinds Serv-U FTP Server 15.1.6.25 has incorrect access controls that permit local users to bypass authentication in the application and execute code in the context of the Windows SYSTEM account, leading to privilege escalation. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have local access the the host running Serv-U, and a Serv-U administrator have an active management console session.
Affected configurations
• solarwinds serv-u ftp server 15.1.6.25
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/46 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.themissinglink.com.au/security-advisories-cve-2018-19999 Broken Link
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/46 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.themissinglink.com.au/security-advisories-cve-2018-19999 Broken Link