avast Avast Antivirus Free up to 5.0.594 mfc90loc.dll memory corruption
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in avast Avast Antivirus Free up to 5.0.594 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown functionality in the library mfc90loc.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Untrusted search path vulnerability in avast! Free Antivirus version 5.0.594 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse mfc90loc.dll that is located in the same folder as an avast license (.avastlic) file.
The weakness was published 08/25/2010 (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-3126 since 08/26/2010. 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 structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/07/2018).
A public exploit has been developed by diwr and been published even before and not after the advisory. 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 1 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 (14743).
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: diwr
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OpenVAS ID: 902241
OpenVAS Name: Avast! Antivirus File Opening Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability (Win)
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: vupen.com⛔Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2010-3126 (🔍)
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Secunia: 41109 - avast! Antivirus Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 67481 - avast! Antivirus Path Subversion Arbitrary DLL Injection Code Execution
Vupen: ADV-2010-2175
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 14:37Updated: 01/07/2018 11:08
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (56), 01/07/2018 11:08 (12)
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