CVE-2019-18979

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 18, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2019-18979: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix