CVE-2009-4556 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Quick Heal AntiVirus Plus 2009 10.00 SP1 and Quick Heal Total Security 2009 10.00 SP1 use weak permissions (Everyone: Full Control) for the product files, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing executables with Trojan horse programs, as demonstrated by replacing quhlpsvc.exe.

Published: 2010-01-04

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:antivirus_plus_2009:10.00:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:total_security_2009:10.00:sp1::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-4522	Quick Heal AntiVirus Plus 2009 10.00 SP1 and Quick Heal Total Security 2009 10.00 SP1 use weak permissions (Everyone: Full Control) for the product files, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing executables with Trojan horse programs, as demonstrated by replacing quhlpsvc.exe.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00081.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/37033
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507121/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36662
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53746

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Quickheal Antivirus Plus 2009 Total Security 2009

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-01-04T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:08:38.127Z

Reserved: 2010-01-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4556

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-01-04T21:30:00.420

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-4556

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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