CVE-2019-16913

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-16913
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-07 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionPC Protect Antivirus v4.14.31 installs by default to %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\PCProtect with very weak folder permissions, granting any user full permission "Everyone: (F)" to the contents of the directory and its subfolders. In addition, the program installs a service called SecurityService that runs as LocalSystem. This allows any user to escalate privileges to "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" by substituting the service's binary with a Trojan horse.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pcprotect Antivirus 4.14.31 All All All
Application Pcprotect Antivirus 4.14.31 All All All

References

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PC Protect v4.14.31 Privilege Escalation(CVE-2019-16913) – Flipflop Security Research and Blog MISC flipflopsecurity.wordpress.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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