CVE-2019-3969 Privilege escalation in Comodo Antivirus
Local attackers can bypass signature checks via process hollowing to invoke sensitive COM methods and gain SYSTEM privileges in Comodo Antivirus.
- 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-2019-3969?
CVE-2019-3969 is a high-severity vulnerability in Comodo Antivirus, published on 17 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Comodo Antivirus versions up to 12.0.0.6810 are vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation due to CmdAgent's handling of COM clients. A local process can bypass the signature check enforced by CmdAgent via process hollowing which can then allow the process to invoke sensitive COM methods in CmdAgent such as writing to the registry with SYSTEM privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3969?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Comodo Antivirus.
How do I fix CVE-2019-3969?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3969 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-3969 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3969 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Comodo Antivirus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h5h8-ww78-78rq.