Vulnerability in Totalav 2020

CVE-2019-18194

TotalAV 2020 4.14.31 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.

EPSS: 0.022 (80.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18194?
CVE-2019-18194 is a high-severity vulnerability in Totalav 2020. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2019-18194?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-18194 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.