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CVE-2019-7265

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-7265 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Linear eMerge E3-Series access control devices, including Elite and Essential models. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated attackers to gain root access over SSH due to hardcoded credentials (CWE-798). While not on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating a high potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
23.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-47625 · Nov 12, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2312 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 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

packetstormsecurity.com / files/155267/Nortek-Linear-eMerge-E3-Access-Controller-1.00-06-SSH-FTP-Remote-Root.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
applied-risk.com / labs/advisories
Broken LinkNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
applied-risk.com / resources/ar-2019-005
Third Party Advisory