A potential security vulnerability has been identified with certain versions of HP System Event Utility prior to version 1.4.33.

published 2020-02-12 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-8593

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with certain versions of HP System Event Utility prior to version 1.4.33. This vulnerability may allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via an HP System Event Utility system service.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

hp system_event_utility 1.4.33

Timeline

2020-02-12 First public exploit (EDB-48057)
2020-02-12 Published

Exploit prediction

1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-48057 HP System Event Utility - Local Privilege Escalation local, 2020-02-12
seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/8 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

n/a HP System Event Utility

Classification

Weakness

CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/8
mailing-list, exploit, third-party-advisory
support.hp.com /us-en/document/c06559359
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-18915
NVD CVE-2019-18915

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Summary