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CVE-2019-5443

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.72%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-07-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects OpenSSL.

CVE
CVE-2019-5443
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.72%
OpenSSL

Original NVD Description

A non-privileged user or program can put code and a config file in a known non-privileged path (under C:/usr/local/) that will make curl <= 7.65.1 automatically run the code (as an openssl "engine") on invocation. If that curl is invoked by a privileged user it can do anything it wants.

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