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High 8.5Published Sep 9, 2026
CVE-2026-12858Local privilege escalation vulnerability in ESET AV Remover
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Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in ESET AV Remover (standalone) allows Privilege Escalation via especially crafted RPC.
- CVSS
- 8.5 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-269
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- ESET
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 9, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
ESET spol. s.r.o. ESET AV Remover (standalone) eset_spol_s.r.o:eset_av_remover_standalone (from the name) | through 1.6.11.0; fixed at 1.6.17.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://support.eset.com/en/ca9000-eset-customer-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-eset-av-remover-fixed
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