CVE-2018-7535
An unprivileged user could modify or overwrite all of the product's files because of weak permissions (Everyone:F) under %PROGRAMFILES%, which allows local users to gain privileges or obtain maximum control over the product.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in TotalAV v4.1.7. An unprivileged user could modify or overwrite all of the product's files because of weak permissions (Everyone:F) under %PROGRAMFILES%, which allows local users to gain privileges or obtain maximum control over the product.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Affected
- totalav/totalav
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jul/54Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jul/54Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.