Medium severity · published Nov 22, 2019
CVE-2019-16287
In HP ThinPro Linux 6.2, 6.2.1, 7.0 and 7.1, an attacker may be able to leverage the application filter bypass vulnerability to gain privileged access to create a file on the…
6.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In HP ThinPro Linux 6.2, 6.2.1, 7.0 and 7.1, an attacker may be able to leverage the application filter bypass vulnerability to gain privileged access to create a file on the local file system whose presence puts the device in Administrative Mode, which will allow the attacker to executed commands with elevated privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TH
Thinpro · HP
6.2; 6.2.1; 7.0; 7.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16287
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16287
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156899/HP-ThinPro-6.x-7.x-Privilege-Escalation.html
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/38
Vendor Advisory
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06509350
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