CVE-2019-0211
Actively exploited. CVE-2019-0211 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2019-0211 is indexed in Exploit-DB and GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
Apache HTTP Server, with MPM event, worker or prefork, code executing in less-privileged child processes or threads (including scripts executed by an in-process scripting interpreter) could execute code with the privileges of the parent process (usually root) by manipulating the scoreboard.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Apache HTTP Server could execute code with the privileges of the parent process due to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
- Who is affected
- Deployments using Apache HTTP Server with MPM event, worker, or prefork.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Upgrade to the patched version of Apache HTTP Server.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2019-0211 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- Exploit-DBA public exploit is published in the Exploit-DB archive.look it up ↗
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2019-0211: Apache HTTP Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
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