High severity · published Aug 30, 2019
CVE-2019-2390
An unprivileged user or program on Microsoft Windows which can create OpenSSL configuration files in a fixed location may cause utility programs shipped with MongoDB server to run…
7.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An unprivileged user or program on Microsoft Windows which can create OpenSSL configuration files in a fixed location may cause utility programs shipped with MongoDB server to run attacker defined code as the user running the utility. This issue MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.11; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.14 and MongoDB Server v3.4 prior to 3.4.22.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
MongoDB · MongoDB
3.4.0 before 3.4.22; 3.6.0 before 3.6.14; 4.0.0 before 4.0.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2390
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-2390
Issue Tracking
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-42233
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