Vulnerability · Published Aug 16, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-4383MicroWorld eScan Anti-Virus runasroot incorrect execution-assigned permissions

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in eScan Anti-Virus from MicroWorld. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MicroWorld eScan Anti-Virus 7.0.32 on Linux. This affects an unknown part of the file runasroot. The manipulation leads to incorrect execution-assigned permissions. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-237315. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
MicroWorld	eScan Anti-Virus	7.0.32

Weakness: CWE-279 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.237315 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.237315 signature, permissions-required
https://gist.github.com/dmknght/ac489cf3605ded09b3925521afee3003 exploit