CVE-2019-11073

moderate-risk
Published 2020-03-16

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in PRTG Network Monitor before 19.4.54.1506 that allows attackers to execute code due to insufficient sanitization when passing arguments to the HttpTransactionSensor.exe binary. In order to exploit the vulnerability, remote authenticated administrators need to create a new HTTP Transaction Sensor and set specific settings when the sensor is executed.

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12.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 87% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.2/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Paessler

References (6)

Exploit https://sensepost.com/blog/2019/being-stubborn-pays-off-pt.-1-cve-2018-19204/
Third Party Advisory https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Warnmeldungen/DE/CB/2019/11/warnmeldung_cb-k1...
Release Notes https://www.paessler.com/prtg/history/stable
Exploit https://sensepost.com/blog/2019/being-stubborn-pays-off-pt.-1-cve-2018-19204/
Third Party Advisory https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Warnmeldungen/DE/CB/2019/11/warnmeldung_cb-k1...
Release Notes https://www.paessler.com/prtg/history/stable
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 12/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal