VDB-139988 · CVE-2019-12808 · GCVE-0-2019-12808

ALTools Update Service up to 18.1 Permission access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in ALTools Update Service up to 18.1. This affects an unknown part of the component Permission. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-12808. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ALTools Update Service up to 18.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Permission. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

ALTOOLS update service 18.1 and earlier versions contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insecure permission. An attacker can overwrite an executable that is launched as a service to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

The weakness was presented 08/13/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-12808 since 06/13/2019. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

ALTools

Name

Update Service

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/13/2019 🔍
08/13/2019 +61 days 🔍
08/15/2019 +2 days 🔍
11/25/2023 +1563 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: boho.or.kr
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-12808 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-12808
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-139988

Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2019 07:19
Updated: 11/25/2023 08:12
Changes: 08/15/2019 07:19 (36), 07/27/2020 16:45 (17), 11/25/2023 08:12 (3)
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