CVE-2019-7588

exacqVision Enterprise System Manager (ESM) privilege escalation

Published Jun 18, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability in the exacqVision Enterprise System Manager (ESM) v5.12.2 application whereby unauthorized privilege escalation can potentially be achieved. This vulnerability impacts exacqVision ESM v5.12.2 and all prior versions of ESM running on a Windows operating system. This issue does not impact any Windows Server OSs, or Linux deployments with permissions that are not inherited from the root directory. Authorized Users have ‘modify’ permission to the ESM folders, which allows a low privilege account to modify files located in these directories. An executable can be renamed and replaced by a malicious file that could connect back to a bad actor providing system level privileges. A low privileged user is not able to restart the service, but a restart of the system would trigger the execution of the malicious file. This issue affects: Exacq Technologies, Inc. exacqVision Enterprise System Manager (ESM) Version 5.12.2 and prior versions; This issue does not affect: Exacq Technologies, Inc. exacqVision Enterprise System Manager (ESM) 19.03 and above.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

KB mitigation ( https://exacq.com/kb?crc=31399 ) or Upgrade to version 19.03 or beyond.


Vendor Workaround

(Windows 10) Change file permissions for install location of exacqVision ESM. In the Properties of the installation folder Security tab > Advanced Select Disable inheritance Select Convert Select ‘Authorized Users’ or ‘Users’ that have ‘Special’ or ‘Modify’ access and remove.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-17126 A vulnerability in the exacqVision Enterprise System Manager (ESM) v5.12.2 application whereby unauthorized privilege escalation can potentially be achieved. This vulnerability impacts exacqVision ESM v5.12.2 and all prior versions of ESM running on a Windows operating system. This issue does not impact any Windows Server OSs, or Linux deployments with permissions that are not inherited from the root directory. Authorized Users have ‘modify’ permission to the ESM folders, which allows a low privilege account to modify files located in these directories. An executable can be renamed and replaced by a malicious file that could connect back to a bad actor providing system level privileges. A low privileged user is not able to restart the service, but a restart of the system would trigger the execution of the malicious file. This issue affects: Exacq Technologies, Inc. exacqVision Enterprise System Manager (ESM) Version 5.12.2 and prior versions; This issue does not affect: Exacq Technologies, Inc. exacqVision Enterprise System Manager (ESM) 19.03 and above.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
jci
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 6:13 PM
Reserved
Feb 7, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 18, 2019, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:40 AM