Is CVE-2019-20496 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-20496 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-20496?

CVE-2019-20496 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-20496?

CVE-2019-20496 has an EPSS score of 0.29% (21th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-20496?

Upgrade cpanel to 84.0.10 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-20496

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

cPanel before 82.0.18 allows attackers to conduct arbitrary chown operations as root during log processing (SEC-532).

How to fix

Remediation Available

cpanelNVD

Affected:>= 83.9999.115, < 84.0.10Fixed in:84.0.10CVE-2019-20496derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days

21stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 21% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

documentation.cpanel.net

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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.