7.8
HIGH
CVE-2019-19455
Wowza Streaming Engine Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Wowza Streaming Engine before 4.8.5 has Insecure Permissions which may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges in / usr / local / WowzaStreamingEngine / manager / bin / in the Linux version of the server by writing arbitrary commands in any file and execute them as root. This issue was resolved in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 28, 2022, 6:58 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-19455 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 Wowza streaming_engine
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-19455.

URL Resource
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/main/wowza-streaming-engine/CVE-2019-19455.txt Third Party Advisory
https://www.gruppotim.it/redteam Third Party Advisory
https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-5-release-notes Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-19455 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Apr. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/main/wowza-streaming-engine/CVE-2019-19455.txt No Types Assigned https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/main/wowza-streaming-engine/CVE-2019-19455.txt Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-5-release-notes No Types Assigned https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-5-release-notes Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-269 CWE-732
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/master/wowza-streaming-engine/CVE-2019-19455.txt [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/main/wowza-streaming-engine/CVE-2019-19455.txt [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Wowza Streaming Engine through 2019-11-28 has Insecure Permissions. Wowza Streaming Engine before 4.8.5 has Insecure Permissions which may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges in / usr / local / WowzaStreamingEngine / manager / bin / in the Linux version of the server by writing arbitrary commands in any file and execute them as root. This issue was resolved in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5.
    Removed Reference https://www.wowza.com/products/streaming-engine [Product, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-5-release-notes [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/master/wowza-streaming-engine/CVE-2019-19455.txt [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.gruppotim.it/redteam No Types Assigned https://www.gruppotim.it/redteam Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wowza.com/products/streaming-engine No Types Assigned https://www.wowza.com/products/streaming-engine Product, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wowza:streaming_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.8.5
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.
Exploit Prediction

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

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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