{"id":"CVE-2019-18194","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-18194","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:31:35.828Z","title":"TotalAV 2020 4.14.31 has a quarantine flaw that allows privilege escalation.","description":"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.","published":"2020-01-10T18:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:24:27.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["totalav/totalav 2020"],"epss":{"score":0.02209,"percentile":0.82469,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2020-01-10","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":47897,"kind":"exploit","title":"TotalAV 2020 4.14.31 - Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47897","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/47897.txt","file":"exploits/windows/local/47897.txt","published":"2020-01-10","added":"2020-01-10","updated":"2020-04-23","author":"Kusol Watchara-Apanukorn","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2019-18194"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 2.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bogner.sh/2017/11/avgater-getting-local-admin-by-abusing-the-anti-virus-quarantine/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88qeaLq98Gc","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bogner.sh/2017/11/avgater-getting-local-admin-by-abusing-the-anti-virus-quarantine/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88qeaLq98Gc","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18194","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}