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CVE-2019-16287

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In HP ThinPro Linux 6.2, 6.2.1, 7.0 and 7.1, an attacker may be able to leverage the application filter bypass vulnerability to gain privileged access to create a file on the local file system whose presence puts the device in Administrative Mode, which will allow the attacker to executed commands with elevated privileges.

Affected products

• HP ThinPro Linux: 6.2, 6.2.1, 7.0, 7.1

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156899/HP-ThinPro-6.x-7.x-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/38
• https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06509350
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156899/HP-ThinPro-6.x-7.x-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/38
• https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06509350

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