CVE-2019-5443
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jul 2, 2019
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 4, 2019
Description
A non-privileged user or program can put code and a config file in a known non-privileged path (under C:/usr/local/) that will make curl <= 7.65.1 automatically run the code (as an openssl "engine") on invocation. If that curl is invoked by a privileged user it can do anything it wants.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
- CWE-94 Code Injection (CWE-94)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
curln/a |
|
References
- [oss-security] 20190624 curl: Windows OpenSSL engine code injectionmailing-list
- 108881vdb-entry
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2019-5443.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0002/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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