CVE-2019-13356 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can hijack a DLL in the antivirus update directory to achieve privilege escalation when the service loads 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-2019-13356?

CVE-2019-13356 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\bd\TDUpdate2\ used by AMRT.exe allows local attackers to hijack bdcore.dll, which leads to privilege escalation when the AMRT service loads the DLL.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13356?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Totaldefense Anti-Virus.

How do I fix CVE-2019-13356?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-13356 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-13356 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13356 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-82fq-hq56-9xxg.

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