CVE-2019-18895: Scanguard through 2019-11-12 on Windows has Insecure Permissions for the installation directory, leading to privilege escalation via a Trojan horse executable…

PriorityP341high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EXPLOIT

EPSS

0.50%

38.9th percentile

Scanguard through 2019-11-12 on Windows has Insecure Permissions for the installation directory, leading to privilege escalation via a Trojan horse executable file.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
scanguard	scanguard_antivirus	<= 2019-11-12	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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