CVE-2019-16913

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Oct 7, 2019
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Reserved: Sep 26, 2019

Description

PC Protect Antivirus v4.14.31 installs by default to %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\PCProtect with very weak folder permissions, granting any user full permission "Everyone: (F)" to the contents of the directory and its subfolders. In addition, the program installs a service called SecurityService that runs as LocalSystem. This allows any user to escalate privileges to "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" by substituting the service's binary with a Trojan horse.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://flipflopsecurity.wordpress.com/2019/10/07/pc-protect-v4-14-31-privilege-esclation/

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