CVE-2025-1368Public exploit

Process crashes via unchecked configuration strings

Published Feb 17, 2025 · Updated Feb 18, 2025

Heap buffer overflow in eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 for Linux allows local users to crash antivirus processes via a crafted configuration. ReadConfiguration copies string options such as BasePath from /opt/MicroWorld/etc/mwav.conf into heap-backed object fields without length checks. Root access is required to alter the file, and oversized values crash escan, escangui, and other binaries that parse the setting.

CVSS severity4.6
Medium
EPSS probability0.43%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Heap buffer overflow in eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 for Linux allows local users to crash antivirus processes via a crafted configuration. ReadConfiguration copies string options such as BasePath from /opt/MicroWorld/etc/mwav.conf into heap-backed object fields without length checks. Root access is required to alter the file, and oversized values crash escan, escangui, and other binaries that parse the setting.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-1368
Published
Feb 17, 2025
Updated
Feb 18, 2025
Vendor
MicroWorld Technologies Inc.
Product
eScan Antivirus
Classifications
CWE-120, CWE-119, T1489
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 17, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.0.32

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

MicroWorld Technologies Inc. · eScan Antivirusversion=7.0.32

Published CVSS scores

4.6VulDBCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
1.4VulDBAV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:P
2.3VulDBCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
T1489Service Stop

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