CVE-2019-15742A local privilege-escalation vulnerability exists in the Poly Plantronics Hub before 3.14 for Windows client application. A local attacker…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 5.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A local privilege-escalation vulnerability exists in the Poly Plantronics Hub before 3.14 for Windows client application. A local attacker can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Plantronics Hub SpokesUpdateService Privilege Escalation (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/local/plantronics_hub_spokesupdateservice_privescRank excellentdisclosed 30 Aug 2019
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Plantronics Hub 3.13.2 - SpokesUpdateService Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47944local, windowspublished 17 Jan 2020Verified
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- 5 months later
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Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.7% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-6677 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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