CVE-2018-7535 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in TotalAV v4.1.7, stemming from weak file permissions (Everyone:F) within its %PROGRAMFILES% directory. This allows an unprivileged local user to modify or overwrite product files, potentially gaining full control over the application and elevating their privileges. Rated 7.8 HIGH, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.1.7, <= 4.6.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:totalav:totalav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.