What is CVE-2019-6494?

CVE-2019-6494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Iobit Malware_fighter. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-04-30.

How severe is CVE-2019-6494?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-6494 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Iobit Malware_fighter

CVE-2019-6494

IMFForceDelete.sys in IObit Malware Fighter 6.2 allows a low privileged user to send IOCTL 0x8016E000 along with a user defined string to a file; that file will be promptly deleted regardless of access controls.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Iobit Malware_fighter — versions 6.2
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6494?: CVE-2019-6494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Iobit Malware_fighter. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-04-30.
How severe is CVE-2019-6494?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-6494 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.