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High severity · published Nov 22, 2019
CVE-2019-18909
The VPN software within HP ThinPro does not safely handle user supplied input, which may be leveraged by an attacker to inject commands that will execute with root privileges
8.0
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The VPN software within HP ThinPro does not safely handle user supplied input, which may be leveraged by an attacker to inject commands that will execute with root privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% 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
Affected product
TH
Thinpro
HP
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18909
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18909
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156907/HP-ThinPro-6.x-7.x-Citrix-Command-Injection.html
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/39
Vendor Advisory
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06509350
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