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CVE-2019-25018

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-25018 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the rcp client in MIT krb5-appl through version 1.0.3, a product not supported upstream but shipped by some Linux distributions. Malicious servers can exploit this flaw by using filenames like "." or empty strings to bypass access restrictions, similar to previous CVEs. This allows an attacker to modify the permissions of the target directory on the client side, with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:krb5-appl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0161 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-25018Moderate

krb5-appl: Improper directory name validation allows malicious server to bypass access restrictions

Feb 2, 2021

References

bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory