What is CVE-2020-27587?

CVE-2020-27587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Quickheal Total Security, classified under Weak Password Requirements. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2020-27587?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Quickheal Total Security

CVE-2020-27587

Quick Heal Total Security before 19.0 allows attackers with local admin rights to obtain access to files in the File Vault via a brute-force attack on the password.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · 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-2020-27587?: CVE-2020-27587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Quickheal Total Security, classified under Weak Password Requirements. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2020-27587?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.