CVE-2025-0798 MicroWorld eScan Antivirus Quarantine rtscanner os command injection
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands via the Quarantine Handler in MicroWorld eScan Antivirus, requiring high complexity and permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-0798?
CVE-2025-0798 is a critical command injection vulnerability in MicroWorld eScan Antivirus, published on 29 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in MicroWorld eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 on Linux. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file rtscanner of the component Quarantine Handler. The manipulation leads to os command injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0798?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Escanav Escan Anti-Virus.
How do I fix CVE-2025-0798?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0798 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-0798 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-0798 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in MicroWorld eScan Antivirus
- CVE-2018-18388 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2023-4383 MicroWorld eScan Anti-Virus runasroot incorrect execution-assigned permissions
- CVE-2021-26624 eScan Anti-Virus Local privilege escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-2875 eScan Antivirus IoControlCode PROCOBSRVESX.SYS 0x22E008u null pointer dereference
- CVE-2025-1366 MicroWord eScan Antivirus VirusPopUp strcpy stack-based overflow
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cpch-p6v9-rh66.