8.8
HIGH
CVE-2019-12181
SolarWinds Serv-U Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in SolarWinds Serv-U before 15.1.7 for Linux.

INFO

Published Date :

June 17, 2019, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:22 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-12181 has a 9 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-12181 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Solarwinds serv-u_ftp_server
2 Solarwinds serv-u
3 Solarwinds serv-u_mft_server

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

C

Updated: 5 years, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 9, 2023, 9:35 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 weeks ago
25 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : July 28, 2022, 3:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 149 different CVEs too.

Some POC_EXP Records.

Python Shell C Perl Go PHP Lua PowerShell

Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 14, 2022, 6:12 a.m. This repo has been linked 37 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
34 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months ago
19 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1052 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago
86 stars 33 fork 33 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1113 different CVEs too.

Localroot Compile

C Shell Python

Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
24 stars 23 fork 23 watcher
Born at : Aug. 1, 2019, 11:25 a.m. This repo has been linked 31 different CVEs too.

LPE Exploit For CVE-2019-12181 (Serv-U FTP 15.1.6)

cve vulnerability codeinjection lpe exploit

C

Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
8 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 12, 2019, 10:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Various local exploits

linux local exploit root local-exploits

Shell

Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
137 stars 54 fork 54 watcher
Born at : Dec. 30, 2018, 2:40 p.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-12181 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-12181 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153333/Serv-U-FTP-Server-15.1.6-Privilege-Escalation.html
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153505/Serv-U-FTP-Server-prepareinstallation-Privilege-Escalation.html
    Added Reference https://blog.vastart.dev/2019/06/cve-2019-12181-serv-u-exploit-writeup.html
    Added Reference https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/Content/Release_Notes/Servu_15-1-7_release_notes.htm
    Added Reference https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Serv-U-Potential-elevation-of-privileges-on-Linux-systems
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 30, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153333/Serv-U-FTP-Server-15.1.6-Privilege-Escalation.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153333/Serv-U-FTP-Server-15.1.6-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153505/Serv-U-FTP-Server-prepareinstallation-Privilege-Escalation.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153505/Serv-U-FTP-Server-prepareinstallation-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.vastart.dev/2019/06/cve-2019-12181-serv-u-exploit-writeup.html No Types Assigned https://blog.vastart.dev/2019/06/cve-2019-12181-serv-u-exploit-writeup.html Broken Link
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-78
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153505/Serv-U-FTP-Server-prepareinstallation-Privilege-Escalation.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://blog.vastart.dev/2019/06/cve-2019-12181-serv-u-exploit-writeup.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153333/Serv-U-FTP-Server-15.1.6-Privilege-Escalation.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/Content/Release_Notes/Servu_15-1-7_release_notes.htm No Types Assigned https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/Content/Release_Notes/Servu_15-1-7_release_notes.htm Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Serv-U-Potential-elevation-of-privileges-on-Linux-systems No Types Assigned https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Serv-U-Potential-elevation-of-privileges-on-Linux-systems Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* versions up to (excluding) 15.1.7 *cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_mft_server:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* versions up to (excluding) 15.1.7
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-12181 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

89.55 }} 75.60%

score

0.99014

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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