ALWIL Avast Antivirus up to 4.6.6230 Remote Code Execution

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in ALWIL Avast Antivirus up to 4.6.6230. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-1719. There is no available exploit. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ALWIL Avast Antivirus up to 4.6.6230 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unknown vulnerability in ALWIL avast! antivirus 4 (4.6.6230) and earlier, when running on Windows NT 4.0, does not properly detect certain viruses.

The weakness was presented 05/24/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at avast.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1719 since 05/24/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityTracker (ID 1013991†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

05/18/2005 🔍
05/24/2005 +6 days 🔍
05/24/2005 +0 days 🔍
05/24/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3578 days 🔍
07/23/2017 +865 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: avast.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-1719 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1719
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25323
SecurityTracker: 1013991 - avast! antivirus May Fail to Detect Certain Viruses

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 07/23/2017 10:46
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (44), 07/23/2017 10:46 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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