CVE-2019-17421

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 44.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-11-21 14:36Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 01:40Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-10-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8a84d04f9653351b560e0d916f96e6a4a046baed589535e799855338e4e61bf9

• twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/va_startx_refsource_MISC
• blog.vastart.devhttps://blog.vastart.dev/2019/11/cve-2019-17421-privilege-escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.manageengine.comhttps://www.manageengine.com/products/firewall/security-updates/cve-2019-17421.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM