SB2018072704 - Privilege escalation in TotalAV
Published: July 27, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018072704
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7535)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the access control that is set and modified during the installation of the product due to weak "C:\Program Files\TotalAV" permissions. A local attacker can gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code under the context of Administrator, the IUSR account, or SYSTEM.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.