High severity · published Apr 17, 2019
CVE-2018-10959
Avecto Defendpoint 4 prior to 4.4 SR6 and 5 prior to 5.1 SR1 has an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability, exploitable by modifying environment variables to trigger automatic…
7.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Avecto Defendpoint 4 prior to 4.4 SR6 and 5 prior to 5.1 SR1 has an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability, exploitable by modifying environment variables to trigger automatic elevation of an attacker's process launch.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AD
Avecto Defendpoint · Beyondtrust
4.0 before 4.4.267.0; 5.0 before 5.1.149.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10959
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10959
hackandpwn.com
https://hackandpwn.com/assets/2019-04-17-cve-2018-10959/Defendpoint_Windows_Client_Release_Notes_4.4.267.0_SR6.pdf
hackandpwn.com
https://hackandpwn.com/assets/2019-04-17-cve-2018-10959/Defendpoint_Windows_Client_Release_Notes_5.1.149.0_SR1.pdf
hackandpwn.com
https://hackandpwn.com/cve-2018-10959/
www.beyondtrust.com
https://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/windows-and-mac/windows/pm-windows-4-4-sr6.pdf
www.beyondtrust.com
https://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/windows-and-mac/windows/pm-windows-5-1.pdf