CVE-2019-18610

An issue was discovered in manager.c in Sangoma Asterisk through 13.x, 16.x, 17.x and Certified Asterisk 13.21 through 13.21-cert4. A remote authenticated Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) user without system authorization could use a specially crafted Originate AMI request to execute arbitrary system commands.

Published: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-18610 is rated High Risk (69.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.75%, 97th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-18610

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-30 41.89% 41.75% -0.15%
2 2026-02-26 43.01% 41.89% -1.12%
3 2025-11-21 — 43.01% —

Full EPSS history (23 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-18610

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-18610

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-18610

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2019-18610: 1 source package rows (asterisk); 25 state rows across 10 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 10, open 15. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-18610
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-18610 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (asterisk), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bullseye, sid): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18610
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-18610 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (asterisk), 18 status rows across 18 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 11, needs-triage 4, ignored 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18610

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-18610

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
digium asterisk >= 13.0.0, < 13.29.2 cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium asterisk >= 16.0.0, < 16.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium asterisk >= 17.0.0, < 17.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 13.21.0 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.21.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 13.21.0 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.21.0:cert1:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 13.21.0 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.21.0:cert2:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 13.21.0 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.21.0:cert3:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 13.21.0 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.21.0:cert4:*:*:*:*:*:*
digium certified_asterisk 13.21.0 cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.21.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-18610

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