Vulnerability in Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus
CVE-2019-12042
Insecure permissions of the section object Global\PandaDevicesAgentSharedMemory and the event Global\PandaDevicesAgentSharedMemoryChange in Panda products before 18.07.03 allow attackers to queue an event (as an encrypted JSON string) to the system service AgentSvc.exe, which leads to privilege escalation when the CmdLineExecute event is queued. This affects Panda Antivirus, Panda Antivirus Pro, Panda Dome, Panda Global Protection, Panda Gold Protection, and Panda Internet Security.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (88.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/SouhailHammou/Panda-Antivirus-LPE (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.pandasecurity.com/usa/support/card (Vendor Advisory)
- rce4fun.blogspot.com/2019/05/panda-antivirus-local-privilege.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-12042?
- CVE-2019-12042 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-05-23.
- How severe is CVE-2019-12042?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-12042 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.