A vulnerability exists in Quick Heal Total Security 23.0.0 in the quarantine management component where insufficient validation of restore paths and improper permission handling allow a low-privileged local user to restore quarantined files into protected system directories. This behavior can be abused by a local attacker to place files in high-privilege locations, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-281
CWE-552
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Quickheal
Quickheal total Security
Vendors & Products Quickheal
Quickheal total Security

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Description A vulnerability exists in Quick Heal Total Security 23.0.0 in the quarantine management component where insufficient validation of restore paths and improper permission handling allow a low-privileged local user to restore quarantined files into protected system directories. This behavior can be abused by a local attacker to place files in high-privilege locations, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-02-04T18:58:31.962Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-69875

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-04T18:52:55.503Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-03T18:16:17.150

Modified: 2026-02-04T19:16:13.897

Link: CVE-2025-69875

cve-icon Redhat

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