| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in TotalAV 2020 4.14.31. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Quarantine. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-18194. The attack needs to be approached locally. In addition, an exploit is available.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in TotalAV 2020 4.14.31. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Quarantine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
TotalAV 2020 4.14.31 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.
The weakness was presented 01/10/2020. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-18194 since 10/18/2019. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (47897). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.
Product
Name
Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/18/2019 🔍01/10/2020 🔍
01/11/2020 🔍
10/23/2025 🔍
Sources
Advisory: bogner.shStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2019-18194 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-18194
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-148548
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 01/11/2020 09:19Updated: 10/23/2025 09:07
Changes: 01/11/2020 09:19 (34), 01/11/2020 09:24 (17), 03/20/2024 15:01 (17), 10/23/2025 09:07 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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