CVE-2019-18895: Scanguard Antivirus

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Scanguard Scanguard Antivirus: up to and including 2019-11-12

Published 2019-11-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.