cURL up to 7.65.1 OpenSSL Engine C:/usr/local/ privilege escalation

A vulnerability was found in cURL up to 7.65.1 (Network Utility Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the file C:/usr/local/ of the component OpenSSL Engine Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/02/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-5443 since 01/04/2019. The attack needs to be approached locally. A single authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/03/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Type

• Network Utility Software

Name

• cURL

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: no mitigation known

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01/04/2019 CVE assigned
07/02/2019 +179 days Advisory disclosed
07/03/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
07/03/2019 +0 days VulDB last update
CVE: CVE-2019-5443 (🔒)Created: 07/03/2019 01:00 PM
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