PT-2019-12958 · Altools · Altools Update Service

Published 2019-08-13 · Updated 2020-10-06 · CVE-2019-12808

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ALTOOLS update service versions 18.1 and earlier

Description The issue is related to insecure permission in the update service, allowing a local privilege escalation. An attacker can exploit this by overwriting an executable launched as a service, enabling the execution of arbitrary code with system privileges.

Recommendations For versions 18.1 and earlier, update to a version later than 18.1 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-12808

Affected Products

Altools Update Service

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12808 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12808 · Vendor Advisory
• https://boho.or.kr/krcert/secNoticeView.do?bulletin_writing_sequence=35116 · Note