CVE-2019-12181 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting SolarWinds Serv-U FTP Server and MFT Server versions prior to 15.1.7 on Linux. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it allows a low-privileged attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network with low attack complexity. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog, multiple public exploit modules exist, including Metasploit and several ExploitDB entries, indicating readily available exploitation tools. Despite the high severity and exploit availability, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 15.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* | ||
< 15.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_mft_server:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.