CVE-2026-12858 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in ESET AV Remover (standalone) allows Privilege Escalation via especially crafted RPC.

Published: 2026-09-09

Score: 8.5 High

EPSS: n/a

KEV: No

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Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

ESET spol. s.r.o.

ESET AV Remover (standalone)

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.6.11.0

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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References

Link	Providers
https://support.eset.com/en/ca9000-eset-customer-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-eset-av-remover-fixed

History

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in ESET AV Remover (standalone) allows Privilege Escalation via especially crafted RPC.
Title		Local privilege escalation vulnerability in ESET AV Remover
Weaknesses		CWE-269
References		https://support.eset.com/en/ca9000-eset-customer-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-eset-av-remover-fixed
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.5, 'vector': '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'}`

Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ESET

Published: 2026-09-09T08:29:18.906Z

Updated: 2026-09-09T08:29:18.906Z

Reserved: 2026-06-22T06:56:40.919Z

Link: CVE-2026-12858

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-09T09:17:10.320

Modified: 2026-09-09T09:17:10.320

Link: CVE-2026-12858

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management

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