CVE-2019-19792
A permissions issue in ESET Cyber Security before 6.8.300.0 for macOS allows a local attacker to...
A permissions issue in ESET Cyber Security before 6.8.300.0 for macOS allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by appending data to root-owned files.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A permissions issue in ESET Cyber Security before 6.8.300.0 for macOS allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by appending data to root-owned files.
- Record
CVE-2019-19792- CVSS 3.0
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:L/A:L/C:L/I:L/PR:H/S:C/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-9391
A permissions issue in ESET Cyber Security before 6.8.300.0 for macOS allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by appending data to root-owned files.
- Record
EUVD-2019-9391- CVSS 3.0
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:L/A:L/C:L/I:L/PR:H/S:C/UI:R - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hhjr-6r38-mjch No score
A permissions issue in ESET Cyber Security before 6.8.300.0 for macOS allows a local attacker to...
A permissions issue in ESET Cyber Security before 6.8.300.0 for macOS allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by appending data to root-owned files.
- Record
GHSA-hhjr-6r38-mjch- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A permissions issue in ESET Cyber Security before 6.8.300.0 for macOS allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by appending data to root-owned files.
- Record
CVE-2019-19792- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - 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
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-2019-19792 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.2) in Eset Cyber Security, published March 3, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.