CVE-2019-2390 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2019-2390

Code execution on Windows via OpenSSL engine injection

8.2 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

An unprivileged user or program on Microsoft Windows which can create OpenSSL configuration files in a fixed location may cause utility programs shipped with MongoDB server to run attacker defined code as the user running the utility. This issue MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.11; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.14 and MongoDB Server v3.4 prior to 3.4.22.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Rich Mirch

References

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-42233

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Affected Vendor

MongoDB Inc.

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Affected Software

MongoDB Server

Vulnerable Versions:

4.0, 3.6, 3.4

Timeline

Official Publish: August 30th, 2019

Last Modified: August 4th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1505.003 Web Shell

T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

Command and Control

T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation