CVE-2019-18979
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2019-18979 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2020-03-18 21:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 03:07:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Claranova | Adaware Antivirus | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [0-days] Adaware Antivirus Quarantine Flaws Allow Privilege Escalation (CVE-2019–18979) [Full Disclosure] | by SHA999 | Medium | MISC | medium.com | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| [0-days] Adaware Antivirus Quarantine Flaws Allow Privilege Escalation (CVE-2019–18979) [Full Disclosure] | by SHA999 | Medium | medium.com | ||
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.