CVE-2019-19364
In Sony Catalyst Production Suite through 2019.1 (1.1.0.21) and Catalyst Browse through 2019.1 (1...
A weak malicious user can escalate its privilege whenever CatalystProductionSuite.2019.1.exe (version 1.1.0.21) and CatalystBrowseSuite.2019.1.exe (version 1.1.0.21) installers run. The vulnerability is in the form of DLL Hijacking. The installers try to load DLLs that don’t exist from its current directory; by doing so, an attacker can quickly escalate its privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A weak malicious user can escalate its privilege whenever CatalystProductionSuite.2019.1.exe (version 1.1.0.21) and CatalystBrowseSuite.2019.1.exe (version 1.1.0.21) installers run. The vulnerability is in the form of DLL Hijacking. The installers try to load DLLs that don’t exist from its current directory; by doing so, an attacker can quickly escalate its privileges.
- Record
CVE-2019-19364- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A weak malicious user can escalate its privilege whenever CatalystProductionSuite.2019.1.exe (version 1.1.0.21) and CatalystBrowseSuite.2019.1.exe (version 1.1.0.21) installers run. The vulnerability is in the form of DLL Hijacking. The installers try to load DLLs that don’t exist from its current directory; by doing so, an attacker can quickly escalate its privileges.
- Record
CVE-2019-19364- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-8985 No score
A weak malicious user can escalate its privilege whenever CatalystProductionSuite.2019.1.exe (version 1.1.0.21) and CatalystBrowseSuite.2019.1.exe (version 1.1.0.21) installers run. The vulnerability is in the form of DLL Hijacking. The installers try to load DLLs that don’t exist from its current directory; by doing so, an attacker can quickly escalate its privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2019-8985- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xxr3-85vr-f7wf No score
In Sony Catalyst Production Suite through 2019.1 (1.1.0.21) and Catalyst Browse through 2019.1 (1...
In Sony Catalyst Production Suite through 2019.1 (1.1.0.21) and Catalyst Browse through 2019.1 (1.1.0.21), an unprivileged user can obtain admin privileges, and execute a program as admin, after DLL hijacking of a DLL that is loaded during setup (installation).
- Record
GHSA-xxr3-85vr-f7wf- Weakness
- CWE-426, CWE-427
- 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-2019-19364 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Sony Catalyst Browse, published December 4, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.