CVE-2019-19501 describes a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability in VeraCrypt 1.24, specifically within the VeraCryptExpander.exe component. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) allows a low-privileged local attacker to gain full control over the system with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a high CVSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:idrix:veracrypt:1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.