CVE-2019-19548
Norton Power Eraser, prior to 5.3.0.67, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation...
Norton Power Eraser, prior to 5.3.0.67, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
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
Norton Power Eraser, prior to 5.3.0.67, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
- Record
CVE-2019-19548- 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
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Norton Power Eraser, prior to 5.3.0.67, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
- Record
CVE-2019-19548- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-9166 No score
Norton Power Eraser, prior to 5.3.0.67, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
- Record
EUVD-2019-9166- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w833-2cr7-vjg2 No score
Norton Power Eraser, prior to 5.3.0.67, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation...
Norton Power Eraser, prior to 5.3.0.67, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
- Record
GHSA-w833-2cr7-vjg2- 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-2019-19548 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Norton Power Eraser, published January 14, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.