# CVE-2019-11773: Privilege escalation in Eclipse OMR

> Local attackers can exploit unused RPATHs in AIX builds of Eclipse OMR to inject code and elevate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Sep 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hff7-qmcr-8mx9

## What is CVE-2019-11773?

CVE-2019-11773 is a high-severity vulnerability in The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OMR, published on 12 Sep 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Prior to 0.1, AIX builds of Eclipse OMR contain unused RPATHs which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element), CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11773?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Eclipse Omr.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-11773?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-11773 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-11773 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OMR

- [CVE-2019-11774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11774/): Race condition in Eclipse OMR (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2025-1471](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1471/): Eclipse OMR: Buffer overflow vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2026-1188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1188/): Memory corruption in Eclipse OMR (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-14549](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14549/): OMR on Z processors Exposing a possible buffer over-read problem (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2026-16243](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16243/): Eclipse OMR : arraycmp SIMD implementation does not check if the number of bytes to compare is zero (medium 5.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-11773 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-11773 is a high-severity vulnerability in The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OMR, published on 12 Sep 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OMR. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11773/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11773/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11773
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11773
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11773

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