MidnightBSD

Advisories for quickheal

CVE-2013-6767 HIGH

Stack-based buffer overflow in pepoly.dll in Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro 7.0.0.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (process crash) via a long *.text value in a PE file.

CVSS 2.0

Severity: HIGH

Problem Type: CWE-119,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal antivirus_pro 7.0.0.1
CVE-2015-8285 MEDIUM

The webssx.sys driver in QuickHeal 16.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-119,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal total_security 16.00
CVE-2017-5005 HIGH

Stack-based buffer overflow in Quick Heal Internet Security 10.1.0.316 and earlier, Total Security 10.1.0.316 and earlier, and AntiVirus Pro 10.1.0.316 and earlier on OS X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted LC_UNIXTHREAD.cmdsize field in a Mach-O file that is mishandled during a Security Scan (aka Custom Scan) operation.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: HIGH

Problem Type: CWE-787,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal antivirus_pro *
quickheal internet_security *
quickheal total_security *
CVE-2017-8773 HIGH

Quick Heal Internet Security 10.1.0.316, Quick Heal Total Security 10.1.0.316, and Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro 10.1.0.316 are vulnerable to Out of Bounds Write on a Heap Buffer due to improper validation of dwCompressionSize of Microsoft WIM Header WIMHEADER_V1_PACKED. This vulnerability can be exploited to gain Remote Code Execution as well as Privilege Escalation.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: HIGH

Problem Type: CWE-787,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal antivirus_pro *
quickheal internet_security *
quickheal total_security *
CVE-2017-8774 HIGH

Quick Heal Internet Security 10.1.0.316, Quick Heal Total Security 10.1.0.316, and Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro 10.1.0.316 are vulnerable to Memory Corruption while parsing a malformed Mach-O file.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: HIGH

Problem Type: CWE-787,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal antivirus_pro *
quickheal internet_security *
quickheal total_security *
CVE-2017-8775 HIGH

Quick Heal Internet Security 10.1.0.316, Quick Heal Total Security 10.1.0.316, and Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro 10.1.0.316 are vulnerable to Memory Corruption while parsing a malformed Mach-O file.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3.9 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: HIGH

Problem Type: CWE-787,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal antivirus_pro *
quickheal internet_security *
quickheal total_security *
CVE-2017-8776 MEDIUM

Quick Heal Internet Security 10.1.0.316, Quick Heal Total Security 10.1.0.316, and Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro 10.1.0.316 have approximately 165 PE files in the default installation that do not use ASLR/DEP protection mechanisms that provide sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N 3.9 3.6

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: NVD-CWE-noinfo,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal antivirus_pro *
quickheal internet_security *
quickheal total_security *
CVE-2018-8090 MEDIUM

Quick Heal Total Security 64 bit 17.00 (QHTS64.exe), (QHTSFT64.exe) - Version 10.0.1.38; Quick Heal Total Security 32 bit 17.00 (QHTS32.exe), (QHTSFT32.exe) - Version 10.0.1.38; Quick Heal Internet Security 64 bit 17.00 (QHIS64.exe), (QHISFT64.exe) - Version 10.0.0.37; Quick Heal Internet Security 32 bit 17.00 (QHIS32.exe), (QHISFT32.exe) - Version 10.0.0.37; Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro 64 bit 17.00 (QHAV64.exe), (QHAVFT64.exe) - Version 10.0.0.37; and Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro 32 bit 17.00 (QHAV32.exe), (QHAVFT32.exe) - Version 10.0.0.37 allow DLL Hijacking because of Insecure Library Loading.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.8 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-427,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal antivirus_pro 17.00
quickheal internet_security 17.00
quickheal total_security 17.00
CVE-2020-27585 LOW

Quick Heal Total Security before 19.0 allows attackers with local admin rights to modify sensitive anti virus settings via a brute-attack on the settings password.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 4.4 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N 0.8 3.6

CVSS 2.0

Severity: LOW

Problem Type: CWE-521,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal total_security *
CVE-2020-27586 MEDIUM

Quick Heal Total Security before version 19.0 transmits quarantine and sysinfo files via clear text.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 5.9 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 2.2 3.6

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-319,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal total_security *
CVE-2020-27587 LOW

Quick Heal Total Security before 19.0 allows attackers with local admin rights to obtain access to files in the File Vault via a brute-force attack on the password.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 6.7 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 0.8 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: LOW

Problem Type: CWE-521,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal total_security *
CVE-2020-9362 MEDIUM

The Quick Heal AV parsing engine (November 2019) allows virus-detection bypass via a crafted GPFLAG in a ZIP archive. This affects Total Security, Home Security, Total Security Multi-Device, Internet Security, Total Security for Mac, AntiVirus Pro, AntiVirus for Server, and Total Security for Android.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.8 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-436,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal internet_security 2019-11
quickheal total_security 2019-11
quickheal antivirus_for_server 2019-11
quickheal antivirus_pro 2019-11
quickheal total_security_multi-device 2019-11
quickheal home_security 2019-11
CVE-2022-31466 MEDIUM

Time of Check - Time of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in Quick Heal Total Security prior to 12.1.1.27 allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation, potentially leading to deletion of system files. This is achieved through exploiting the time between detecting a file as malicious and when the action of quarantining or cleaning is performed, and using the time to replace the malicious file by a symlink.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
cve@mitre.org 7.9 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H 1.5 5.8
nvd@nist.gov 7.0 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.0 5.9

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-59,CWE-367,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal total_security *
CVE-2022-31467 MEDIUM

A DLL hijacking vulnerability in the installed for Quick Heal Total Security prior to 12.1.1.27 allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation, leading to execution of arbitrary code, via the installer not restricting the search path for required DLLs and then not verifying the signature of the DLLs it tries to load.

CVSS 3.x

Source Score Severity Vector Exploitability Impact
nvd@nist.gov 7.3 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.3 5.9
cve@mitre.org 7.9 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H 1.5 5.8

CVSS 2.0

Severity: MEDIUM

Problem Type: CWE-427,

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal total_security *
CVE-2025-69875

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.

Products Affected

Vendor Product Version
quickheal total_security 23.0.0