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CVE-2019-12280

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-12280 is an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability affecting PC-Doctor Toolbox before version 7.3, including Dell SupportAssist products. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) can be exploited locally with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pc-doctor:toolbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_business_pcs:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_home_pcs:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0209 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16995-16823Fixed in: 0.0.18-9
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 toolbox 0.0.18-9 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 0.0.18-9

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2019-Jun/CVE-2019-12280Important

PC-Doctor Toolbox before 7.3 has an Uncontrolled Search Path Element.

Jun 11, 2019

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/153374/PC-Doctor-Toolbox-DLL-Hijacking.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/29
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
safebreach.com / Press-Post/SafeBreach-Identifies-Serious-Vulnerability-In-PC-Doctor-Software
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/29
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
dell.com / support/article/il/en/ilbsdt1/sln317291/dsa-2019-084-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-security-update-for-pc-doctor-vulnerability
Third Party Advisory
us-cert.gov / ncas/current-activity/2019/06/21/Dell-Releases-Security-Advisory-Dell-SupportAssist
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government ResourceVDB Entry
pc-doctor.com / company/pr-articles/130-pc-doctor-responds-to-software-vulnerability-report
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/108880
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry