CVE-2019-18979

Adaware antivirus 12.6.1005.11662 and 12.7.1055.0 has a quarantine flaw that allows privilege escalation. Exploitation uses an NTFS directory junction to restore a malicious DLL from quarantine into the system32 folder.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://medium.com/%40kusolwatcharaapanukorn/0-days-adaware-antivirus-quarantine-flaws-allow-privilege-escalation-3d1f3c8214ec
https://medium.com/%40kusolwatcharaapanukorn/0-days-adaware-antivirus-quarantine-flaws-allow-privilege-escalation-3d1f3c8214ec

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:claranova:adaware_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:33

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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Information

Published : 2020-03-18 21:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:33

NVD link : CVE-2019-18979

Mitre link : CVE-2019-18979

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-18979

JSON object : View

Products Affected

claranova

adaware_antivirus

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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