Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-18644

Description

The malware scan function in Total Defense Anti-virus 11.5.2.28 is vulnerable to a TOCTOU bug; consequently, symbolic link attacks allow privileged files to be deleted.

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Affected products

Totaldefense/Anti Virus
cpe:2.3:a:totaldefense:anti-virus:11.5.2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Total Defense/Anti-virusdescription
Total Defense/Anti-virusllm-create
Range: 11.5.2.28

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/NtRaiseHardError/Antimalware-Research/blob/master/Total%20Defense/Privileged%20File%20Delete/v11.5.2.28/README.mdnvdExploitThird Party Advisory

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