CVE-2019-7178 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Pexip Infinity versions prior to 20.1, allowing an attacker to gain elevated access by restoring a manipulated system backup. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with high privileges and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no public exploit code available, and it has not been added to CISA's KEV catalog, indicating a lack of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 9, < 20.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pexip:pexip_infinity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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