CVE-2025-69875
HIGHQuick Heal Total Security 23.0.0 - Privilege Escalation via Quarantine Restore Path Manipulation
Title source: llmDescription
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 (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/mertdas/QuickHealTotalSecurityPOC
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
1.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-552
CWE-281
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (1)
quickheal/total_security
23.0.0
Published
Feb 03, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026