# CVE-2019-19585: Privilege escalation in n/a

> An attacker can exploit sudoers misconfiguration in rConfig to bypass local security restrictions and escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jan 2020
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3jwc-f428-ggr9

## What is CVE-2019-19585?

CVE-2019-19585 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jan 2020. 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 rConfig 3.9.3. The install script updates the /etc/sudoers file for rconfig specific tasks. After an "rConfig specific Apache configuration" update, apache has high privileges for some binaries. This can be exploited by an attacker to bypass local security restrictions.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19585?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rconfig Rconfig.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-19585?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-19585 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-10221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10221/): rConfig OS Command Injection (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-15715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15715/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-23151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-23151/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-13638](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13638/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-10546](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10546/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-19585 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-19585 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jan 2020. 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-2019-19585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2019-19585/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19585/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19585
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19585
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-19585

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19585/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.