CVE-2019-18194

moderate-risk
Published 2020-01-10

TotalAV 2020 4.14.31 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.

Do I need to act?

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0.38% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Totalav

References (4)

Third Party Advisory https://bogner.sh/2017/11/avgater-getting-local-admin-by-abusing-the-anti-virus-...
Exploit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88qeaLq98Gc
Third Party Advisory https://bogner.sh/2017/11/avgater-getting-local-admin-by-abusing-the-anti-virus-...
Exploit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88qeaLq98Gc
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 8/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal