CVE-2018-17776 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in PCProtect Anti-Virus v4.8.35, where overly permissive file system permissions on the installation directory allow local users to replace legitimate executables with malicious ones. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high potential for impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this issue.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.8.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pcprotect:antivirus:4.8.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.