CVE-2019-7256 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Nortek Control Linear eMerge E3-Series access control devices. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely, leading to complete compromise of the affected systems. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and Nuclei templates, and has garnered significant community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.00-06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nortekcontrol:linear_emerge_essential_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.00-06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nortekcontrol:linear_emerge_elite_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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.