CVE-2019-19455 describes an insecure permissions vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine before version 4.8.5, specifically impacting the Linux version. A local attacker could exploit this by writing arbitrary commands to files in /usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/manager/bin/, leading to privilege escalation and execution as root. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8 due to its local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wowza:streaming_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.