Insecure Permission vulnerability in TotalAV v.6.0.740 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted file
Priority HIGH 69CWE-266Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.
Summary
Insecure Permission vulnerability in TotalAV v.6.0.740 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted file
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00348 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-31771
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2mm4-vwp4-8j4f
References
More Totalav vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-22403 TotalAV 5.15.69 - Unquoted Service Path CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2018-05444 An issue was discovered in TotalAV v4.1.7. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-31771 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-31771 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2mm4-vwp4-8j4f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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