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A vulnerability has been found in Watchdog Anti-Malware and Online Security Pro 2.74.186.150 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library zam32.sys of the component Driver. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-15921. The attack can be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Watchdog Anti-Malware and Online Security Pro 2.74.186.150 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected is an unknown part in the library zam32.sys of the component Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In Watchdog Anti-Malware 2.74.186.150 and Online Security Pro 2.74.186.150, the zam32.sys driver contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that gets triggered when sending an operation to ioctl 0x80002010. This is due to the input buffer being NULL or the input buffer size being 0 as they are not validated.

The bug was discovered 10/26/2017. The weakness was shared 10/30/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at packetstormsecurity.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-15921 since 10/26/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (43058). The entry VDB-108803 is related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• Watchdog

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• Anti-Malware
• Online Security Pro

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• 2.74.186.150

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