PT-2019-13289 · Total Defense · Total Defense Anti-Virus

Published 2019-09-24 · Updated 2019-09-24 · CVE-2019-13357

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Total Defense Anti-virus version 9.0.0.773

Description The issue allows local attackers to achieve SYSTEM-level code execution by hijacking the ccGUIFrm.dll when the caschelp.exe executable, which uses the untrusted search path C:, is run by the ccSchedulerSVC service.

Recommendations For Total Defense Anti-virus version 9.0.0.773, consider restricting access to the ccGUIFrm.dll until a patch is available to prevent code execution. Additionally, ensure the ccSchedulerSVC service is properly configured to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-13357

Affected Products

Total Defense Anti-Virus

References · 4

• 🔥 https://github.com/NtRaiseHardError/Antimalware-Research/tree/master/Total%20Defense/DLL%20Hijacking/v9.0.0.773 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-13357 · Vendor Advisory
• https://totaldefense.com/security-blog · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13357 · Security Note