CVE-2025-0720: Escanav Escan Anti-Virus

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Escanav Escan Anti-Virus: version 7.0.32 only

Published 2025-01-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.