What is CVE-2019-18645?

CVE-2019-18645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Totaldefense Anti-Virus, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2019-18645?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Totaldefense Anti-Virus

CVE-2019-18645

The quarantine restoration function in Total Defense Anti-virus 11.5.2.28 is vulnerable to symbolic link attacks, allowing files to be written to privileged directories.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Totaldefense Anti-virus — versions 11.5.2.28
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18645?: CVE-2019-18645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Totaldefense Anti-Virus, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2019-18645?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.