An issue was discovered in Ricoh (including Savin and Lanier) Windows printer drivers prior to 2020 that allows attackers local privilege e…

published 2020-01-24 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-8984

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.4%; EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits: 3; Metasploit, Exploit-DB

An issue was discovered in Ricoh (including Savin and Lanier) Windows printer drivers prior to 2020 that allows attackers local privilege escalation. Affected drivers and versions are: PCL6 Driver for Universal Print - Version 4.0 or later PS Driver for Universal Print - Version 4.0 or later PC FAX Generic Driver - All versions Generic PCL5 Driver - All versions RPCS Driver - All versions PostScript3 Driver - All versions PCL6 (PCL XL) Driver - All versions RPCS Raster Driver - All version

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

ricoh pcl6_driver_for_universal_print 4.26
ricoh ps_driver_for_universal_print 4.26

Timeline

2020-01-22 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/local/ricoh_driver_privesc)
2020-01-24 Published

Exploit prediction

4.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/windows/local/ricoh_driver_privesc Ricoh Driver Privilege Escalation metasploit exploit, normal rank, 2020-01-22
EDB-48036 Ricoh Driver - Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) local, 2020-02-10
EDB-47962 Ricoh Printer Drivers - Local Privilege Escalation local, 2020-01-22
packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156251/Ricoh-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html 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	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

packetstormsecurity.com /files/156251/Ricoh-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
ricoh.com /info/2020/0122_1/
vendor-advisory
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/34
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
packetstormsecurity.com /files/156082/Ricoh-Printer-Driver-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
jvn.jp /en/jp/JVN15697526/index.html
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-19363
NVD CVE-2019-19363

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Summary