CVE-2019-3980
The Solarwinds Dameware Mini Remote Client agent v12.1.0.89 supports smart card authentication which can allow a user to upload an executable to be executed...
- Published
- Oct 8, 2019
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- tenable
- Evidence observed
- Aug 7, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 92.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The Solarwinds Dameware Mini Remote Client agent v12.1.0.89 supports smart card authentication which can allow a user to upload an executable to be executed on the DWRCS.exe host. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can request smart card login and upload and execute an arbitrary executable run under the Local System account.
Sources
4- CVE-2019-3980Exploit
CVE-2019-3980 exploit written in win32/c++ (openssl dependency). Port of https://github.com/tenable/poc/blob/master/Solarwinds/Dameware/dwrcs_dwDrvInst_rce.py
- dameflareExploit
Python 3 exploit for CVE-2019-3980. Unauthenticated RCE as SYSTEM via SolarWinds Dameware MRC smart card authentication bypass.
Bash-based exploit for CVE-2019-3980 targeting OpenNetAdmin 18.1.1, delivering unauthenticated remote code execution via command injection and reverse shell.
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