CVE-2018-18388: Escanav Escan Anti-Virus

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

eScan Agent Application (MWAGENT.EXE) 4.0.2.98 in MicroWorld Technologies eScan 14.0 allows remote or local attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending a carefully crafted payload to TCP port 2222.

Affected products

• Escanav Escan Anti-Virus: version 14.0 only

Published 2018-12-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.