Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Support Core - CVE-2019-16539
Published: November 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22917
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16539
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not perform a permission check. A remote authenticated attacker with Overall/Read permission can delete support bundles and any arbitrary other file, with a known name/path.
Affected software
Support Core
How to mitigate CVE-2019-16539
Install updates from vendor's website.
Support Core - update to 2.64