CVE-2019-18979

Published Mar 18, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-8639 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.
History

No history.

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 2:02 AM
Reserved
Nov 14, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 18, 2020, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:25 AM