CVE-2019-18979
HIGH
7.8
Our Analysis: General Purpose
Our model has classified this vulnerability as relevant to General Purpose Systems, helping your team prioritize efforts effectively.
Published Date
March 18, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
CVSS Vector
Not Available
Description
Adaware antivirus 12.6.1005.11662 and 12.7.1055.0 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.