# CVE-2025-0720: Microword eScan Antivirus Folder Watch List rtscanner removeExtraSlashes stack-based overflow

> Local attackers can exploit a stack-based buffer overflow in the Folder Watch List Handler to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x6gh-vhp5-7vpc

## What is CVE-2025-0720?

CVE-2025-0720 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microword eScan Antivirus, published on 26 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Microword eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 on Linux. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function removeExtraSlashes of the file /opt/MicroWorld/sbin/rtscanner of the component Folder Watch List Handler. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow), CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0720?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Escanav Escan Anti-Virus.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-0720?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0720 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0720 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0720 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microword eScan Antivirus

- [CVE-2018-18388](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18388/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-0798](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0798/): MicroWorld eScan Antivirus Quarantine rtscanner os command injection (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2023-4383](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4383/): MicroWorld eScan Anti-Virus runasroot incorrect execution-assigned permissions (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-26624](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-26624/): eScan Anti-Virus Local privilege escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-2875](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2875/): eScan Antivirus IoControlCode PROCOBSRVESX.SYS 0x22E008u null pointer dereference (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0720 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0720 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microword eScan Antivirus, published on 26 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0720 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microword eScan Antivirus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0720/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0720/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0720
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0720
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0720

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0720/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.