Real-time detection bypass via world-writable quarantine directories
Published Jan 29, 2025 · Updated Feb 12, 2025
Incorrect default permissions in MicroWorld eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 for Linux allow local users to execute malware without real-time detection. The Quarantine Handler creates quarantine directories under /var/MicroWorld/ with mode 777, while rtscanner hardcodes that tree as excluded and moves detected files there without encryption. Any unprivileged local user able to write into those directories can alter or place executable content and run it from a location the real-time scanner does not monitor.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect default permissions in MicroWorld eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 for Linux allow local users to execute malware without real-time detection. The Quarantine Handler creates quarantine directories under /var/MicroWorld/ with mode 777, while rtscanner hardcodes that tree as excluded and moves detected files there without encryption. Any unprivileged local user able to write into those directories can alter or place executable content and run it from a location the real-time scanner does not monitor.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-0797
- Published
- Jan 29, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 12, 2025
- Vendor
- MicroWorld Technologies Inc.
- Product
- eScan Antivirus
- Classifications
- CWE-266, CWE-276, T1211
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 29, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=7.0.32
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Public exploit references
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