Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in CA Automic Dollar Universe by CA Technologies
CVE-2019-19544

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Broadcom
Status
Ca Automic Dollar Universe
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 January 2020

What is CVE-2019-19544?

The vulnerability in CA Automic Dollar Universe 5.3.3 arises from the uxdqmsrv binary being setuid root, which enables local attackers to potentially gain elevated privileges. This issue was identified a considerable time after the product's End of Life status on April 1, 2015, highlighting concerns over legacy software security. The possibility of exploiting this flaw poses serious risks to systems still running affected versions.

Affected Version(s)

CA Automic Dollar Universe 5.3.3

References

https://github.com/itm4n/CVEs/tree/master/ca-dollaru-uxdq...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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