CVE-2018-17776

published 2018-09-28

CVE-2018-17776: PCProtect Anti-Virus v4.8.35 has "Everyone: (F)" permission for %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\PCProtect, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing an…

Priority P3 44 high 7.8 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

EXPLOIT

PCProtect Anti-Virus v4.8.35 has "Everyone: (F)" permission for %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\PCProtect, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing an executable file with a Trojan horse.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
pcprotect	antivirus	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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