CVE-2019-19014 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published 2 Dec 2019 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Low-privilege users can gain root access via overly permissive sudoers configuration in WebTitan, requiring an upgrade to secure the system.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2019-19014?

CVE-2019-19014 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in TitanHQ WebTitan before 5.18. It has a sudoers file that enables low-privilege users to execute a vast number of commands as root, including mv, chown, and chmod. This can be trivially exploited to gain root privileges by an attacker with access.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19014?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Titanhq Webtitan.

How do I fix CVE-2019-19014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-19014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-22wx-h7xw-m85j.