CVE-2019-10679
Thomson Reuters Eikon 4.0.42144 allows all local users to modify the service executable file...
Thomson Reuters Eikon 4.0.42144 allows all local users to modify the service executable file because of weak %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Thomson Reuters\Eikon permissions.
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
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Thomson Reuters Eikon 4.0.42144 allows all local users to modify the service executable file because of weak %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Thomson Reuters\Eikon permissions.
- Record
CVE-2019-10679- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-276
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Thomson Reuters Eikon 4.0.42144 allows all local users to modify the service executable file because of weak %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Thomson Reuters\Eikon permissions.
- Record
CVE-2019-10679- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-2475 No score
Thomson Reuters Eikon 4.0.42144 allows all local users to modify the service executable file because of weak %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Thomson Reuters\Eikon permissions.
- Record
EUVD-2019-2475- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-56mm-m97c-2f2p No score
Thomson Reuters Eikon 4.0.42144 allows all local users to modify the service executable file...
Thomson Reuters Eikon 4.0.42144 allows all local users to modify the service executable file because of weak %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Thomson Reuters\Eikon permissions.
- Record
GHSA-56mm-m97c-2f2p- 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-2019-10679 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Thomsonreuters Eikon, published September 3, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
thomsonreuters.com/en/products-services.html
sec-consult.com/en/vulnerability-lab/advisories/index.html
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/19
packetstormsecurity.com/files/158989/Eikon-Thomson-Reuters-4.0.42144-File-Permissions.html
sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/extensive-file-permissions-on-service-executable-in-eikon-thomson-reuters-cve-2019-10679
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10679
github.com/advisories/GHSA-56mm-m97c-2f2p