What is CVE-2019-20000?

CVE-2019-20000 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bullguard Premium_protection, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2019-20000?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Bullguard Premium_protection

CVE-2019-20000

The malware scan function in BullGuard Premium Protection 20.0.371.8 has a TOCTOU issue that enables a symbolic link attack, allowing privileged files to be deleted.

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Bullguard Premium_protection — versions 20.0.371.8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20000?: CVE-2019-20000 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bullguard Premium_protection, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-20000?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.