CVE-2019-12042

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-732

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.

Affected products

Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus: before 18.07.03 — fixed in 18.07.03
Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus Pro: before 18.07.03 — fixed in 18.07.03
Panda Security Dome: before 18.07.03 — fixed in 18.07.03
Pandasecurity Panda Global Protection: before 18.07.03 — fixed in 18.07.03
Pandasecurity Panda Gold Protection: before 18.07.03 — fixed in 18.07.03
Pandasecurity Panda Internet Security: before 18.07.03 — fixed in 18.07.03

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus 18.07.03; Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus Pro 18.07.03; Panda Security Dome 18.07.03; Pandasecurity Panda Global Protection 18.07.03; Pandasecurity Panda Gold Protection 18.07.03; Pandasecurity Panda Internet Security 18.07.03. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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