CVE-2026-57919
Matrix42 Empirum SYSTEM Privilege Escalation via Named Pipe Manipulation
Description
PBackupVSS.exe in Matrix42 Empirum before 25.5 and 26.x before 26.2 creates a named pipe (\\.\pipe\PBackupVSS) with a DACL that grants GENERIC_READ and GENERIC_WRITE permissions to all authenticated users. A low-privileged local attacker can connect to this pipe and send crafted IPC messages to trigger execution of arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges via an untrusted search path. This allows privilege escalation by placing a malicious shadow.exe in a controlled working directory.
INFO
Published Date :
June 29, 2026, midnight
Last Modified :
June 29, 2026, 7:44 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
mitre
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-57919
vulnerability.
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No affected product recoded yet
Solution
- Update to Matrix42 Empirum 25.5 or later.
- Update to Matrix42 Empirum 26.2 or later.
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