CVE-2019-18895

CVE-2019-18895 describes an insecure permissions vulnerability in Scanguard Antivirus on Windows, affecting versions through November 12, 2019. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation by replacing legitimate executables within the installation directory with a malicious Trojan horse. Rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8, the vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and user interaction, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.