CVE-2019-13355
In Total Defense Anti-virus 9.0.0.773, insecure access control for the directory %PROGRAMDATA%\TotalDefense\Consumer\ISS\9\ used by ccschedulersvc.exe allows local attackers to hijack dotnetproxy.exe, which leads to privilege escalation when the…
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High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Total Defense Anti-virus 9.0.0.773, insecure access control for the directory %PROGRAMDATA%\TotalDefense\Consumer\ISS\9\ used by ccschedulersvc.exe allows local attackers to hijack dotnetproxy.exe, which leads to privilege escalation when the ccSchedulerSVC service runs the executable.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- totaldefense/anti-virus
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/NtRaiseHardError/Antimalware-Research/tree/master/Total%20Defense/Local%20Privilege%20Escalation/v9.0.0.773Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.totaldefense.com/security-blogVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/NtRaiseHardError/Antimalware-Research/tree/master/Total%20Defense/Local%20Privilege%20Escalation/v9.0.0.773Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.totaldefense.com/security-blogVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.