CVE-2019-16519 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2019-16519?

CVE-2019-16519 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Oct 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ESET Cyber Security 6.7.900.0 for macOS allows a local attacker to execute unauthorized commands as root by abusing an undocumented feature in scheduled tasks.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16519?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Eset Cyber Security, Eset Endpoint Antivirus, Eset Endpoint Security.

How do I fix CVE-2019-16519?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-16519 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-16519 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16519 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2020-10180 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-2847 Local privilege escalation in ESET products for Linux and MacOS High 7.8
• CVE-2020-10193 Security feature bypass in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2019-17549 Denial of service in n/a Medium 6.5
• CVE-2021-37850 Denial of service in ESET for Mac products Medium 5.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-g6r5-grfm-g926.