What is CVE-2020-27585?

CVE-2020-27585 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Quickheal Total Security, classified under Weak Password Requirements. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2020-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-27585?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Quickheal Total Security

CVE-2020-27585

Quick Heal Total Security before 19.0 allows attackers with local admin rights to modify sensitive anti virus settings via a brute-attack on the settings password.

Published 2020-11-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Quickheal Total Security

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-521 — Weak Password Requirements

References

cyberworldmirror.com/quick-heal-addressed-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-version-1… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-27585?: CVE-2020-27585 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Quickheal Total Security, classified under Weak Password Requirements. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2020-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-27585?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.