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GSD-2019-16913

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23

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PC Protect Antivirus v4.14.31 installs by default to %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\PCProtect with very weak folder permissions, granting any user full permission "Everyone: (F)" to the contents of the directory and its subfolders. In addition, the program installs a service called SecurityService that runs as LocalSystem. This allows any user to escalate privileges to "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" by substituting the service's binary with a Trojan horse.

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CVE-2019-16913

Aliases

CVE-2019-16913

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CVE-2019-16913 (GCVE-0-2019-16913)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-10-07 21:47 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:24

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://flipflopsecurity.wordpress.com/2019/10/07…	x_refsource_MISC

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