CVE-2019-18915

HP System Event Utility - Local Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with certain versions of HP System Event Utility prior to version 1.4.33. This vulnerability may allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via an HP System Event Utility system service.

Se ha identificado una posible vulnerabilidad de seguridad con determinadas versiones de HP System Event Utility versión anterior a 1.4.33. Esta vulnerabilidad puede permitir a un atacante local ejecutar código arbitrario por medio de un servicio de sistema HP System Event Utility.

The HP System Event service "HPMSGSVC.exe" will load an arbitrary EXE and execute it with SYSTEM integrity. HPMSGSVC.exe runs a background process that delivers push notifications. The problem is that the HP Message Service will load and execute any arbitrary executable named "Program.exe" if it is found in the user's c:\ drive.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-11-12 CVE Reserved
2020-02-12 CVE Published
2020-02-12 First Exploit
2023-07-18 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48057	2020-02-12
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/8	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06559359	2022-01-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Hp Search vendor "Hp"		System Event Utility Search vendor "Hp" for product "System Event Utility"				< 1.4.33 Search vendor "Hp" for product "System Event Utility" and version " < 1.4.33"		-		Affected