CVE-2021-26624

eScan Anti-Virus Local privilege escalation Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Apr 1, 2022
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Reserved
Feb 3, 2021

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Description

An local privilege escalation vulnerability due to a "runasroot" command in eScan Anti-Virus. This vulnerability is due to invalid arguments and insufficient execution conditions related to "runasroot" command. This vulnerability can induce remote attackers to exploit root privileges by manipulating parameter values.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hkrcert

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Affected Products

ProductVersions
eScan Anti-Virus for LinuxMicroWorld Technologies Inc.
  • 7.0.31 and earlierAffected

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