CVE-2025-0720

Scanner crash via Folder Watch List overflow

Published Jan 26, 2025 · Updated Feb 12, 2025

Stack-based buffer overflow in MicroWorld eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 for Linux allows local users to crash real-time scanning. The removeExtraSlashes function in /opt/MicroWorld/sbin/rtscanner mishandles attacker-controlled Folder Watch List input and overwrites its stack buffer. A low-privileged local account is required, and the published impact is limited to availability loss in the scanner process.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.21%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Hinoki checkNot available
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Summary

What happened

Stack-based buffer overflow in MicroWorld eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 for Linux allows local users to crash real-time scanning. The removeExtraSlashes function in /opt/MicroWorld/sbin/rtscanner mishandles attacker-controlled Folder Watch List input and overwrites its stack buffer. A low-privileged local account is required, and the published impact is limited to availability loss in the scanner process.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-0720
Published
Jan 26, 2025
Updated
Feb 12, 2025
Vendor
MicroWorld Technologies Inc.
Product
eScan Antivirus
Classifications
CWE-119, CWE-121, T1489
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 26, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.0.32

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

MicroWorld Technologies Inc. · eScan Antivirusversion=7.0.32

Published CVSS scores

3.3VulDBCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.8VulDBCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
1.7VulDBAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
3.3VulDBCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
5.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow
T1489Service Stop

Public exploit references

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