How severe is CVE-2019-18979?

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

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (36.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Claranova Adaware_antivirus
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

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.