CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8308
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-04-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
In Avast Antivirus before v17, an unprivileged user (and thus malware or a virus) can mark an arbitrary process as Trusted from the perspective of the Avast product. This bypasses the Self-Defense feature of the product, opening a door to subsequent attack on many of its components.
Affected configurations
• avast antivirus (<= 12.3.2279)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98084 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/Multiple-Vulnerabilities-in-Avast-Antivirus/?fid=9201 Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98084 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/Multiple-Vulnerabilities-in-Avast-Antivirus/?fid=9201 Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory