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CVE-2019-7283

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-7283 describes a critical vulnerability in the rcp client within NetKit (through version 0.17) and Debian distributions. A malicious rsh server or Man-in-the-Middle attacker can exploit insufficient validation of object names returned by the server, allowing them to overwrite arbitrary files on the rcp client machine. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.4, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on integrity and availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netkit:netkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0176 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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-2019-7283Moderate

netkit-rsh: possible overwrite of arbitrary files by a malicious rsh server

Jan 31, 2019

References

bugs.debian.org / 920486
ExploitIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
sintonen.fi / advisories/scp-client-multiple-vulnerabilities.txt
MitigationNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory