CVE-2019-20000
The malware scan function in BullGuard Premium Protection 20.0.371.8 has a TOCTOU issue that...
The malware scan function in BullGuard Premium Protection 20.0.371.8 has a TOCTOU issue that enables a symbolic link attack, allowing privileged files to be deleted.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.9
The malware scan function in BullGuard Premium Protection 20.0.371.8 has a TOCTOU issue that enables a symbolic link attack, allowing privileged files to be deleted.
- Record
CVE-2019-20000- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The malware scan function in BullGuard Premium Protection 20.0.371.8 has a TOCTOU issue that enables a symbolic link attack, allowing privileged files to be deleted.
- Record
CVE-2019-20000- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-10557 No score
The malware scan function in BullGuard Premium Protection 20.0.371.8 has a TOCTOU issue that enables a symbolic link attack, allowing privileged files to be deleted.
- Record
EUVD-2019-10557- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9238-pwgr-pmp5 No score
The malware scan function in BullGuard Premium Protection 20.0.371.8 has a TOCTOU issue that...
The malware scan function in BullGuard Premium Protection 20.0.371.8 has a TOCTOU issue that enables a symbolic link attack, allowing privileged files to be deleted.
- Record
GHSA-9238-pwgr-pmp5- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-20000 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Bullguard Premium Protection, published December 26, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.