CVE-2019-13355 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can hijack an executable via insecure directory permissions, leading to privilege escalation when the antivirus service runs it.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-13355?

CVE-2019-13355 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Sep 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13355?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Totaldefense Anti-Virus.

How do I fix CVE-2019-13355?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-13355 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-13355 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13355 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c2pr-42g7-vmj7.

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