CVE-2019-10679 — Thomson Reuters Eikon 4

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

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

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-09-03T14:40:25.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T22:32:00.996Z

09References

• www.thomsonreuters.com — https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/products-services.html
• www.sec-consult.com — https://www.sec-consult.com/en/vulnerability-lab/advisories/index.html
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/19
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158989/Eikon-Thomson-Reuters-4.0.42144-File…
• sec-consult.com — https://sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/extensive-file-permissions-on-service…