CVE-2019-19455

Wowza Streaming Engine through 2019-11-28 has Insecure Permissions.

7.8 High

Wowza Streaming Engine before 4.8.5 has Insecure Permissions which may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges in / usr / local / WowzaStreamingEngine / manager / bin / in the Linux version of the server by writing arbitrary commands in any file and execute them as root. This issue was resolved in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.37%Down 0.1 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2019-19455
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-732
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2019-19455
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2019-9075 No score

Record: EUVD-2019-9075
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wqmj-9hmf-rw4x 7.8

Wowza Streaming Engine through 2019-11-28 has Insecure Permissions.

Wowza Streaming Engine through 2019-11-28 has Insecure Permissions.

Record: GHSA-wqmj-9hmf-rw4x
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-269, CWE-732
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

wowza streaming engine

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-19455 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Wowza Streaming Engine, published August 3, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 31st percentile. No source names a fixed version.