Vulnerability · Published Feb 17, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-1368MicroWord eScan Antivirus mwav.conf ReadConfiguration buffer overflow

Low 2.3

In plain English

A low-severity buffer overflow in eScan Antivirus from MicroWord. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.3Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in MicroWord eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 on Linux. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function ReadConfiguration of the file /opt/MicroWorld/etc/mwav.conf. The manipulation of the argument BasePath leads to buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
MicroWord	eScan Antivirus	7.0.32

Weakness: CWE-120, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

VDB-295972 | MicroWord eScan Antivirus mwav.conf ReadConfiguration buffer overflow vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-295972 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/dmknght/FIS_RnD/blob/main/escan_av_usb_protection_multiple_vulns.md exploit