# CVE-2019-16287: Privilege escalation in ThinPro Linux

> An attacker can bypass application filters to create a file that enables Administrative Mode, allowing execution of commands with elevated privileges on HP ThinPro Linux devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-grqp-7p64-hvcr

## What is CVE-2019-16287?

CVE-2019-16287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP ThinPro Linux, published on 22 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In HP ThinPro Linux 6.2, 6.2.1, 7.0 and 7.1, an attacker may be able to leverage the application filter bypass vulnerability to gain privileged access to create a file on the local file system whose presence puts the device in Administrative Mode, which will allow the attacker to executed commands with elevated privileges.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16287?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hp Thinpro.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-16287?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-16287 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-16287 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HP ThinPro Linux

- [CVE-2025-43017](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43017/): HP ThinPro 8.1 SP8 Security Updates (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2019-18909](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18909/): Command injection in ThinPro Linux (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2017-2740](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2740/): Privilege escalation in HP ThinPro (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-2246](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2246/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-18910](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18910/): Command injection in ThinPro Linux (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-16287 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-16287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HP ThinPro Linux, published on 22 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HP ThinPro Linux. 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-2019-16287/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16287/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16287
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16287
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16287

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