CVE-2019-12181

Serv-U FTP Server prepareinstallation Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in SolarWinds Serv-U before 15.1.7 for Linux.

Existe una vulnerabilidad de escalado de privilegios en SolarWinds Serv-U en versiones anteriores a la 15.1.7 para Linux.

Serv-U FTP Server version 15.1.6 suffers from a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-01-13 First Exploit
2019-05-19 CVE Reserved
2019-06-17 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-09-08 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (12)

URL	Tag	Source
https://blog.vastart.dev/2019/06/cve-2019-12181-serv-u-exploit-writeup.html	Broken Link
https://github.com/guywhataguy/CVE-2019-12181
https://github.com/bcoles/local-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2019-12181

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47009	2019-06-18
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47072	2019-07-03
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47173	2019-01-13
https://github.com/mavlevin/CVE-2019-12181	2019-10-20
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153333/Serv-U-FTP-Server-15.1.6-Privilege-Escalation.html	2024-08-04
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153505/Serv-U-FTP-Server-prepareinstallation-Privilege-Escalation.html	2024-08-04
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/servu_ftp_server_prepareinstallation_priv_esc.rb	2019-06-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/Content/Release_Notes/Servu_15-1-7_release_notes.htm	2019-06-05
https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Serv-U-Potential-elevation-of-privileges-on-Linux-systems	2019-06-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Solarwinds Search vendor "Solarwinds"		Serv-u Ftp Server Search vendor "Solarwinds" for product "Serv-u Ftp Server"				< 15.1.7 Search vendor "Solarwinds" for product "Serv-u Ftp Server" and version " < 15.1.7"		linux		Affected
Solarwinds Search vendor "Solarwinds"		Serv-u Mft Server Search vendor "Solarwinds" for product "Serv-u Mft Server"				< 15.1.7 Search vendor "Solarwinds" for product "Serv-u Mft Server" and version " < 15.1.7"		linux		Affected