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CVE-2019-18349

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-18349 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in HotkeyP through version 4.9 r96, specifically within the privilege function in Commands.cpp. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity over a network. While there are no known active exploits, public exploit code, or KEV entries, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hotkeyp_project:hotkeyp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hotkeyp_project:hotkeyp:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hotkeyp_project:hotkeyp:4.9:r96:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0238 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

gist.github.com / matt-thibodeau/8bf16bba4c2a13978ed4e5fd08fbe2c2
ExploitThird Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/hotkeyp/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/source/Commands.cpp
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/hotkeyp/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/WhatsNew.txt
Release NotesThird Party Advisory