CVE-2019-18979
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 18, 2020 at 08:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAdaware Antivirus
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
12.6.1005.11662 ≤ v ≤ 12.7.1055.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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