CVE-2018-15491

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-08-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-732

Description

A vulnerability in the permission and encryption implementation of Zemana Anti-Logger 1.9.3.527 and prior (fixed in 1.9.3.602) allows an attacker to take control of the whitelisting feature (MyRules2.ini under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Zemana\ZALSDK) to permit execution of unauthorized applications (such as ones that record keystrokes).

Affected products

Zemana AntiLogger: before 1.9.3.602 — fixed in 1.9.3.602

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Zemana AntiLogger 1.9.3.602. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/mspaling/zemana-exclusions-poc/blob/master/zemana-whitelist-poc.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148554
https://github.com/mspaling/zemana-exclusions-poc/blob/master/zemana-whitelist-poc.txt

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