CVE-2019-18979 : Adaware antivirus 12.6.1005.11662 and 12.7.1055.0 has a quarantine flaw that all

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.

Published 2020-03-18 21:15:12

Updated 2020-08-24 17:37:01

Source MITRE

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Vulnerability category: Gain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2019-18979

Claranova » Adaware Antivirus
Versions from including (>=) 12.6.1005.11662 and up to, including, (<=) 12.7.1055.0
cpe:2.3:a:claranova:adaware_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-18979

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0.06%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 15 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2019-18979

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
4.6	MEDIUM	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	3.9	6.4	NIST
Access Vector: Local Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial
7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	1.8	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Local Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: Low User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

References for CVE-2019-18979

https://medium.com/@kusolwatcharaapanukorn/0-days-adaware-antivirus-quarantine-flaws-allow-privilege-escalation-3d1f3c8214ec

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