Avecto Defendpoint 4 prior to 4.4 SR6 and 5 prior to 5.1 SR1 has an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability, exploitable by modifying environment variables to trigger automatic elevation of an attacker's process launch.
https://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/windows-and-mac/windows/pm-windows-5-1.pdf
https://www.beyondtrust.com/docs/release-notes/privilege-management/windows-and-mac/windows/pm-windows-4-4-sr6.pdf
https://hackandpwn.com/cve-2018-10959/
https://hackandpwn.com/assets/2019-04-17-cve-2018-10959/Defendpoint_Windows_Client_Release_Notes_5.1.149.0_SR1.pdf
https://hackandpwn.com/assets/2019-04-17-cve-2018-10959/Defendpoint_Windows_Client_Release_Notes_4.4.267.0_SR6.pdf
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2019-04-17
Updated: 2026-06-17
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00388