Vulnerability Report

CVE-2019-3475

Title: Microfocus Filr Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2019-3475

CWE Category CWE-269
Published Date Feb 20, 2019
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.99%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2019-3475: A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the famtd component of Micro Focus Filr 3.0 allows a local attacker authenticated as a low privilege user to escalate to root. This vulnerability affects all versions of Filr 3.x prior to Security Update 6.

Impacted Vendors

M
microfocus 1
F
filr_project 1
N
novell 1

Reference Links

https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=nZUCSDkvpxk~ https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023727 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46450/ https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=nZUCSDkvpxk~ https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023727 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46450/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2019-3475 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46450
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.