High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 18, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-18979
CVE-2019-18979
Description
Adaware antivirus 12.6.1005.11662 and 12.7.1055.0 has a quarantine flaw that allows privilege escalation. Exploitation uses an NTFS directory junction to restore a malicious DLL from quarantine into the system32 folder.
Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:claranova:adaware_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=12.6.1005.11662,<=12.7.1055.0
- Adaware/antivirusdescription
- Range: 12.6.1005.11662, 12.7.1055.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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