01 Record
CVE-2019-19231
An insecure file access vulnerability exists in CA Client Automation 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and 14.3 Agent for Windows that can allow a local attacker to gain escalated privileges.
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: ca
CNA base score7.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
An insecure file access vulnerability exists in CA Client Automation 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and 14.3 Agent for Windows that can allow a local attacker to gain escalated privileges.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 49.0% 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-12-20 21:08Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 02:09Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-11-22
- Assigning CNA
- ca
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-65Windows Hard LinkVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0871d44c6d528c95ea301545605e79f80285c92bbb1468c92b4af1c79508b73b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- techdocs.broadcom.comhttps://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/CA20191218-01-security-notice-for-ca-client-automation-agent-for-windows.html
- seclists.org20191225 CA20191218-01: Security Notice for CA Client Automation Agent for Windowshttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/41
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155758/CA-Client-Automation-14.x-Privilege-Escalation.html
- seclists.org20200103 CA20191218-01: Security Notice for CA Client Automation Agent for Windowshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/5