VDB-231169 · CVE-2019-16283 · GCVE-0-2019-16283

HP Softpaq Installer privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HP Softpaq. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Installer. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-16283. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in HP Softpaq (affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Installer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with a version of the HP Softpaq installer that can lead to arbitrary code execution.

The weakness was shared 06/09/2023. The advisory is shared at support.hp.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-16283 since 09/13/2019. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/06/2025).

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

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Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Softpaq

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.hp.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.8
CNA Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

09/13/2019 🔍
06/09/2023 +1365 days 🔍
06/09/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/06/2025 +577 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: support.hp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-16283 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-16283
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-231169

Entryinfo

Created: 06/09/2023 22:32
Updated: 01/06/2025 19:49
Changes: 06/09/2023 22:32 (35), 07/07/2023 19:29 (11), 01/06/2025 19:49 (25)
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