HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2025-0798

Escan Anti Virus vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
6.8%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability was found in MicroWorld eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 on Linux. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file rtscanner of the component Quarantine Handler. The manipulation leads to os command injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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 vendor
Escanav
Affected product
Escan Anti Virus
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2025-01-29

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2025-0798

  • Confirm whether Escanav Escan Anti Virus is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2025-0798.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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