CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2019-3980

Dameware Mini Remote Control vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
5.2%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
The Solarwinds Dameware Mini Remote Client agent v12.1.0.89 supports smart card authentication which can allow a user to upload an executable to be executed on the DWRCS.exe host. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can request smart card login and upload and execute an arbitrary executable run under the Local System account.
Affected vendor
Solarwinds
Affected product
Dameware Mini Remote Control
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-346 — Origin Validation Error
Published
2019-10-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-3980

  • Confirm whether Solarwinds Dameware Mini Remote Control is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-3980.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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