CVE-2019-18979 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Adaware antivirus versions 12.6.1005.11662 and 12.7.1055.0. This flaw allows an attacker to restore a malicious DLL from quarantine into the system32 folder using an NTFS directory junction. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 12.6.1005.11662, <= 12.7.1055.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:claranova:adaware_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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