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CVE-2019-10679

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-09-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

Thomson Reuters Eikon 4.0.42144 allows all local users to modify the service executable file because of weak %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Thomson Reuters\Eikon permissions.

Affected products

• Thomsonreuters Eikon: 4.0.42144

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158989/Eikon-Thomson-Reuters-4.0.42144-File-Permissions.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/19
• https://sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/extensive-file-permissions-on-service-executable-in-eikon-thomson-reuters-cve-2019-10679/
• https://www.sec-consult.com/en/vulnerability-lab/advisories/index.html
• https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/products-services.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158989/Eikon-Thomson-Reuters-4.0.42144-File-Permissions.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/19
• https://sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/extensive-file-permissions-on-service-executable-in-eikon-thomson-reuters-cve-2019-10679/
• https://www.sec-consult.com/en/vulnerability-lab/advisories/index.html
• https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/products-services.html

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