CVE-2019-7588 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in exacqVision Enterprise System Manager (ESM) versions 5.12.2 and prior, specifically impacting Windows operating systems. Authorized users with 'modify' permissions to ESM folders can replace legitimate executables with malicious files. Upon a system restart, these malicious files could execute with system-level privileges, granting an attacker full control. The vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.0 (HIGH), indicating a significant risk. It requires local access and a low-privileged user account, but the attack complexity is high as it relies on a system restart to trigger execution. The potential impact is complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting it has not garnered widespread attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exacq:enterprise_system_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.