CVE-2019-4546 Privilege escalation in Maximo Health- Safety and Environment Manager
Installing IBM Maximo HSE Manager grants users unauthorized additional privileges, allowing privilege escalation within the application.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-4546?
CVE-2019-4546 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Maximo Health- Safety and Environment Manager, published on 28 Oct 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
After installing the IBM Maximo Health- Safety and Environment Manager 7.6.1, a user is granted additional privileges that they are not normally allowed to access. IBM X-Force ID: 165948.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4546?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Maximo for Oil and Gas, Ibm Maximo Health\, Safety and Environment Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2019-4546?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4546 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-4546 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4546 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-33pq-4v9h-pchm.