CVE-2019-17446

HIGH

Eracent EPA Agent < 10.2.26 - Privilege Escalation via Untrusted Search Path

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Eracent EPA Agent through 10.2.26. The agent executable, when installed for non-root operations (scanning), can be used to start external programs with elevated permissions because of an Untrusted Search Path.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://eracent.com/security-bulletin-cve-2019-17446/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 22.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-426
Status published
Products (1)
eracent/epa_agent < 10.2.26
Published Nov 22, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026