CVE-2019-3969

Public Exploit

Description

Comodo Antivirus versions up to 12.0.0.6810 are vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation due to CmdAgent's handling of COM clients. A local process can bypass the signature check enforced by CmdAgent via process hollowing which can then allow the process to invoke sensitive COM methods in CmdAgent such as writing to the registry with SYSTEM privileges.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.06%

Third-Party Advisory tenable.com

Affected: Comodo Comodo Antivirus

References

Link	Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-34	third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-3969?: CVE-2019-3969 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-3969?: To fix CVE-2019-3969, 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-2019-3969 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2019-3969 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-3969?: CVE-2019-3969 affects Comodo Comodo Antivirus.

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