Vulnerability in Claranova Adaware Antivirus

CVE-2019-18979

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.

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-18979: held from 0.004 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18979?
CVE-2019-18979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Claranova Adaware Antivirus. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-18979?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.