Privileges manipulation in Micro Focus Data Protector, versions 10.00, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.10, 10.20, 10.30, 10.40.

published 2019-09-13 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-3330

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 7.8%; EPSS 7.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 2; Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Privileges manipulation in Micro Focus Data Protector, versions 10.00, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.10, 10.20, 10.30, 10.40. This vulnerability could be exploited by a low-privileged user to execute a custom binary with higher privileges.

Timeline

2019-09-13 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/local/omniresolve_suid_priv_esc)
2019-09-13 Published

Exploit prediction

7.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/linux/local/omniresolve_suid_priv_esc Micro Focus (HPE) Data Protector SUID Privilege Escalation metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2019-09-13
EDB-47580 Micro Focus (HPE) Data Protector - SUID Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) local, 2019-11-04

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 Data Protector

Classification

Weakness

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-11660
NVD CVE-2019-11660

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Summary