GE Communicator up to 4.0 Uninstaller privilege escalation

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GE Communicator up to 4.0. This affects an unknown function of the component Uninstaller. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 05/09/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-6566 since 01/22/2019. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.0.517 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 134537, 134538, 134539 and 134540.

Vendor

• GE

Name

• Communicator

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-284)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: ?
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfoedit

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Remediation: ?Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Communicator 4.0.517

01/22/2019 CVE assigned
05/09/2019 +107 days Advisory disclosed
05/10/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
05/10/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateCVE: CVE-2019-6566 (?)
See also: ?Created: 05/10/2019 06:46 AM
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