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7.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2019-5443
Apache Curl OpenSSL Engine Code Injection
Description

A non-privileged user or program can put code and a config file in a known non-privileged path (under C:/usr/local/) that will make curl <= 7.65.1 automatically run the code (as an openssl "engine") on invocation. If that curl is invoked by a privileged user it can do anything it wants.

INFO

Published Date :

July 2, 2019, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:44 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-5443 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 Netapp oncommand_insight
2 Netapp oncommand_unified_manager
3 Netapp oncommand_workflow_automation
4 Netapp snapcenter
1 Oracle enterprise_manager_ops_center
2 Oracle http_server
3 Oracle mysql_server
4 Oracle oss_support_tools
1 Haxx curl
1 Microsoft windows
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 10
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Apply the appropriate patch according to the Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.
  • Upgrade to MySQL version 5.7.28 or later.
  • Upgrade to MySQL version 8.0.18 or later.
  • Update the affected packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-5443 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

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-2019-5443.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/24/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108881 Broken Link
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5443.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/24/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108881 Broken Link
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5443.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html Patch Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-5443 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-5443 weaknesses.

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).

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akaganeite/CVE4PP

None

Python Shell

Updated: 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 22, 2025, 11:23 a.m. This repo has been linked 247 different CVEs too.
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chnzzh/OpenSSL-CVE-lib

None

Updated: 1 day, 2 hours ago
6 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 23, 2023, 5:42 a.m. This repo has been linked 479 different CVEs too.
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EmilioBerlanda/cURL

None

Shell Python

Updated: 5 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 24, 2019, 1:36 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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mirchr/openssldir_check

A Windows utility to check for potential insecure paths used by the OPENSSLDIR build parameter in OpenSSL libraries

openssl-library vulnerability-scanner

PowerShell C++

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
9 stars 7 fork 7 watcher
Born at : June 8, 2019, 1:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 6 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-2019-5443 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-5443 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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/24/1
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108881
    Added Reference https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5443.html
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0002/
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 03, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108881 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108881 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0002/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0002/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-94
    Added CWE NIST CWE-427
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_ops_center:12.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_ops_center:12.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:http_server:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:http_server:12.2.1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 up to (including) 5.7.27 *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0.0 up to (including) 8.0.17 *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oss_support_tools:20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* versions from (including) 7.3 *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:* versions from (including) 9.5 *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapcenter:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0002/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE HackerOne CWE-94
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/24/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/24/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108881 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108881 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5443.html No Types Assigned https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5443.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-94
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 7.65.1 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.4
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

0.95 }} 0.49%

score

0.75463

percentile