CVE-2019-3475

Local privilege escalation in Filr famtd

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 20, 2019 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFilr· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Filr· Microfocuswordpress-plugin
95%
Affected range stops below 3.0 Security Update 6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
suse-suse-linux-enterprise-server (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264CWE-269

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