CVE-2025-0798
A vulnerability was found in MicroWorld eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 on Linux.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.94%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability was found in MicroWorld eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 on Linux. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file rtscanner of the component Quarantine Handler. The manipulation leads to os command injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 6.94% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77, CWE-78
- Affected
- escanav/escan anti-virus
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
EPSS 6.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/dmknght/FIS_RnD/blob/main/escan_rtscanner_rce.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.293921Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.293921Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.484718Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.