CVE-2019-12042

Public Exploit

Description

Insecure permissions of the section object Global\PandaDevicesAgentSharedMemory and the event Global\PandaDevicesAgentSharedMemoryChange in Panda products before 18.07.03 allow attackers to queue an event (as an encrypted JSON string) to the system service AgentSvc.exe, which leads to privilege escalation when the CmdLineExecute event is queued. This affects Panda Antivirus, Panda Antivirus Pro, Panda Dome, Panda Global Protection, Panda Gold Protection, and Panda Internet Security.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.71% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory pandasecurity.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/SouhailHammou/Panda-Antivirus-LPE third party advisory exploit
https://www.pandasecurity.com/usa/support/card?id=100063 vendor advisory
https://rce4fun.blogspot.com/2019/05/panda-antivirus-local-privilege.html third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-12042?
CVE-2019-12042 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-12042?
To fix CVE-2019-12042, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-12042 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-12042 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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