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CVE-2019-18915 json

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with certain versions of HP System Event Utility prior to version 1.4.33.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-8593

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with certain versions of HP System Event Utility prior to version 1.4.33. This vulnerability may allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via an HP System Event Utility system service.

Patch / fix

  • hp system_event_utility 1.4.33

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-48057)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-48057 HP System Event Utility - Local Privilege Escalation local, 2020-02-12
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/8 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a HP System Event Utility

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

Sources

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