CVE-2019-14935 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

3CX Phone 15 on Windows has insecure permissions on the "%PROGRAMDATA%\3CXPhone for Windows\PhoneApp" installation directory, allowing Full Control access for Everyone, and leading to privilege escalation because of a StartUp link.

Published: 2019-08-11

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:3cx:3cx:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-6032	3CX Phone 15 on Windows has insecure permissions on the "%PROGRAMDATA%\3CXPhone for Windows\PhoneApp" installation directory, allowing Full Control access for Everyone, and leading to privilege escalation because of a StartUp link.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00373.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.3cx.com/community/threads/security-issue-with-3cx-windows-client-install.64432/

History

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Subscriptions

3cx 3cx

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-08-11T23:03:43.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T00:34:52.853Z

Reserved: 2019-08-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-14935

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-08-12T00:15:10.570

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:19:21.143

Link: CVE-2019-14935

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-732
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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