CVE-2019-16647
Unquoted Search Path in Maxthon 5.1.0 to 5.2.7 Browser for Windows.
Unquoted Search Path in Maxthon 5.1.0 to 5.2.7 Browser for Windows.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.2
Unquoted Search Path in Maxthon 5.1.0 to 5.2.7 Browser for Windows.
- Record
CVE-2019-16647- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-428
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Unquoted Search Path in Maxthon 5.1.0 to 5.2.7 Browser for Windows.
- Record
CVE-2019-16647- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-7214 No score
Unquoted Search Path in Maxthon 5.1.0 to 5.2.7 Browser for Windows.
- Record
EUVD-2019-7214- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8pp9-95mf-4fhv
7.2
Unquoted Search Path in Maxthon 5.1.0 to 5.2.7 Browser for Windows.
Unquoted Search Path in Maxthon 5.1.0 to 5.2.7 Browser for Windows.
- Record
GHSA-8pp9-95mf-4fhv- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-428
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-16647 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Maxthon Browser, published October 29, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.96%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
forum.maxthon.com/index.php?/topic/24472-unquoted-search-path-and-potential-abuses/
safebreach.com/Post/Maxthon-Browser-for-Windows-Unquoted-Search-Path-and-Potential-Abuses-CVE-2019-16647
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16647
forum.maxthon.com/index.php?/topic/24472-unquoted-search-path-and-potential-abuses
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8pp9-95mf-4fhv