CVE-2025-0720: medium-severity vulnerability in Microword eScan Antivirus
Microword eScan Antivirus Folder Watch List rtscanner removeExtraSlashes stack-based overflow
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 4.8epss 0.2%
A vulnerability was found in Microword eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 on Linux. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function removeExtraSlashes of the file /opt/MicroWorld/sbin/rtscanner of the component Folder Watch List Handler. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
Microword · eScan Antivirus