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CVE-2019-15719
Altair PBS Professional through 19.1.2 allows Privilege Escalation because an attacker can send a message directly to pbs_mom, which fails…
High8.0EPSS 2.0%
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- mitre
Description
Altair PBS Professional through 19.1.2 allows Privilege Escalation because an attacker can send a message directly to pbs_mom, which fails to properly authenticate the message. This results in code execution as an arbitrary user.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 20% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- https://www.pbspro.org/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.hpcsec.com (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.hpcsec.com/2019/10/08/cve-2019-15719/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154782/PBS-Professional-19.2.3-Authentication-Bypass.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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