CVE-2019-19954

HighCVSS 7.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Signal Desktop before 1.29.1 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges by creating a Trojan horse %SYSTEMDRIVE%\node_modules\.bin\wmic.exe file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-427

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://blog.mirch.io/2019/12/18/signal-desktop-windows-lpe/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/commit/2da39cca673cc11be3c6d70d4fb95889f9ab6688Patch
https://blog.mirch.io/2019/12/18/signal-desktop-windows-lpe/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/commit/2da39cca673cc11be3c6d70d4fb95889f9ab6688Patch

Timeline

Published: Dec 24, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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