CVE-2019-18979

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductClaranova Adaware Antivirus
PublishedMar 18, 2020
First seenMar 18, 2020

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
claranova adaware_antivirus12.6.1005.11662 ≤ v ≤ 12.7.1055.0—

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