CVE-2019-18194 describes a privilege escalation flaw in TotalAV 2020 version 4.14.31, allowing an attacker to restore a malicious DLL from quarantine into the system32 folder via an NTFS directory junction. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or experiencing active exploitation, a public exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.14.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:totalav:totalav_2020:4.14.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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.