Is CVE-2019-17662 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-17662 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-17662?

CVE-2019-17662 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-17662?

CVE-2019-17662 has an EPSS score of 96.76% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-17662

CRITICALEPSS 100th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

ThinVNC 1.0b1 is vulnerable to arbitrary file read, which leads to a compromise of the VNC server. The vulnerability exists even when authentication is turned on during the deployment of the VNC server. The password for authentication is stored in cleartext in a file that can be read via a ../../ThinVnc.ini directory traversal attack vector.

CWE-22Path Traversal CWE-522

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

96.76%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.