HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-9189

Flexair vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
11.6%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Prima Systems FlexAir, Versions 2.4.9api3 and prior. The application allows the upload of arbitrary Python scripts when configuring the main central controller. These scripts can be immediately executed because of root code execution, not as a web server user, allowing an authenticated attacker to gain full system access.
Affected vendor
Primasystems
Affected product
Flexair
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Published
2019-06-05

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 11.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-9189

  • Confirm whether Primasystems Flexair is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-9189.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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