CVE-2019-18979

Adaware antivirus 12.6.1005.11662 and 12.7.1055.0 has a quarantine flaw that allows privilege escalation

published March 18, 2020

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
40.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00478 · 40.3th percentile
Published
2020-03-18T20:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 MAR 20:25Z
    Adaware antivirus 12.6.1005.11662 and 12.7.1055.0 has a quarantine flaw that allows privilege escalation
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