CVE-2024-13990 (GCVE-0-2024-13990)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-19 18:54 – Updated: 2025-11-19 15:58 X_Known Exploited Vulnerability
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
MicroWorld eScan AV Insecure Update Mechanism Allows Man-in-the-Middle Replacement of Updates
Summary
MicroWorld eScan AV's update mechanism failed to ensure authenticity and integrity of updates: update packages were delivered and accepted without robust cryptographic verification. As a result, an on-path attacker could perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack and substitute malicious update payloads for legitimate ones. The eScan AV client accepted these substituted packages and executed or loaded their components (including sideloaded DLLs and Java/installer payloads), enabling remote code execution on affected systems. MicroWorld eScan confirmed remediation of the update mechanism on 2023-07-31 but versioning details are unavailable. NOTE: MicroWorld eScan disputes the characterization in third-party reports, stating the issue relates to 2018–2019 and that controls were implemented then.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-19 20:13 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| https://blog.avast.com/leading-the-charge-against… | technical-description |
| https://www.gendigital.com/blog/insights/research… | technical-descriptionexploit |
| https://securityaffairs.com/162228/breaking-news/… | media-coverage |
| https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/hackers-… | technical-description |
| https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ha… | media-coverage |
| https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/escan-antivirus… | media-coverage |
| https://www.escanav.com/en/about-us/eScan-update-… | vendor-advisorypatch |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/microworld-e… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MicroWorld Technologies | eScan AV |
Affected:
*
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guessed |
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