Medium severity · published Oct 31, 2019
CVE-2019-18361
JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2019.2 allows local user privilege escalation, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2019.2 allows local user privilege escalation, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
II
Intellij Idea · Jetbrains
before 2019.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18361
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18361
Vendor Advisory
https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/10/29/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q3-2019/
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