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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-7656 · published 29 January 2020

CVE-2019-7656: Wowza streaming engine incorrect permission assignment vulnerability

Wowza · Streaming Engine

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.0 and earlier allows any unprivileged Linux user to escalate privileges to root. The installer sets too relaxed permissions on /usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/bin/* core program files. By injecting a payload into one of those files, it will run with the same privileges as the Wowza server, root. For example, /usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/bin/tune.sh could be replaced with a Trojan horse. This issue was resolved in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5.

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.45% · top 63.3% CWE-732 · Incorrect permission assignment
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.2
0.45%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.0 and earlier allows any unprivileged Linux user to escalate privileges to root. The installer sets too relaxed permissions on /usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/bin/* core program files. By injecting a payload into one of those files, it will run with the same privileges as the Wowza server, root. For example, /usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/bin/tune.sh could be replaced with a Trojan horse. This issue was resolved in Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8.5.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-7656-PrivEscal-Wowza ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/main/wowza-streaming-engine/CVE-2019-7656.txt Third Party Advisory
https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-5-release-notes Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://www.wowza.com/pricing/installer Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-7656-PrivEscal-Wowza ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WowzaMediaSystems/public_cve/main/wowza-streaming-engine/CVE-2019-7656.txt Third Party Advisory
https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-4-8-5-release-notes Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://www.wowza.com/pricing/installer Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-7656), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.