Detections
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CVE-2019-15719

high

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.

References

https://www.pbspro.org/

https://www.hpcsec.com/2019/10/08/cve-2019-15719/

https://www.hpcsec.com

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154782/PBS-Professional-19.2.3-Authentication-Bypass.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-10-09

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01394