CVE-2018-19666 describes a Directory Traversal vulnerability in OSSEC agents on Windows, specifically affecting versions through 3.1.0, as well as related Wazuh and Microsoft OSSEC products. This flaw allows a local attacker, who already possesses full access to the associated OSSEC server, to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ossec:ossec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.0.0, <= 2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.