What is CVE-2019-13356?

CVE-2019-13356 is a high-severity vulnerability in Totaldefense Anti-Virus, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-09-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-13356?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Totaldefense Anti-Virus

CVE-2019-13356

In Total Defense Anti-virus 9.0.0.773, insecure access control for the directory %PROGRAMDATA%\TotalDefense\Consumer\ISS\9\bd\TDUpdate2\ used by AMRT.exe allows local attackers to hijack bdcore.dll, which leads to privilege escalation when the AMRT service loads the DLL.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Totaldefense Anti-virus — versions 9.0.0.773
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13356?: CVE-2019-13356 is a high-severity vulnerability in Totaldefense Anti-Virus, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-09-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-13356?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.