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CVE-2019-18895

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-11-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

Scanguard through 2019-11-12 on Windows has Insecure Permissions for the installation directory, leading to privilege escalation via a Trojan horse executable file.

Affected products

• Scanguard Antivirus: through 2019-11-12

References

• http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/5
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155319/ScanGuard-Antivirus-Insecure-Permissions.html
• https://support.scanguard.com/en/kb/22/upgrades-available
• http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/5
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155319/ScanGuard-Antivirus-Insecure-Permissions.html
• https://support.scanguard.com/en/kb/22/upgrades-available

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