CVE-2019-18194

Public Exploit

Description

TotalAV 2020 4.14.31 has a quarantine flaw that allows privilege escalation. Exploitation uses an NTFS directory junction to restore a malicious DLL from quarantine into the system32 folder.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.80% Top 30%

Third-Party Advisory bogner.sh Third-Party Advisory youtube.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bogner.sh/2017/11/avgater-getting-local-admin-by-abusing-the-anti-virus-quarantine/	third party advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88qeaLq98Gc	third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-18194?: CVE-2019-18194 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-18194?: To fix CVE-2019-18194, 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-2019-18194 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2019-18194 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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