CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-9977

7.5 HIGH Published 2017-07-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2017-07-12
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

Description

AVG AntiVirus for MacOS with scan engine before 4668 might allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection by leveraging failure to scan inside disk image (aka DMG) files.

Affected configurations

• avg anti-virus

References

https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2017/07/06/avg-antivirus-for-macos-doesnt-scan-inside-disk-images-cve-2017-9977/ Third Party Advisory
https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2017/07/06/avg-antivirus-for-macos-doesnt-scan-inside-disk-images-cve-2017-9977/ Third Party Advisory