CVE-2018-12572

Avast Free Antivirus prior to 19.1.2360 stores user credentials in memory upon login, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by dumping AvastUI.exe application memory and parsing the data.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151590/Avast-Anti-Virus-Local-Credential-Disclosure.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:avast:free_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-03-21 16:00

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:59

NVD link : CVE-2018-12572

Mitre link : CVE-2018-12572

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-12572

JSON object : View

Products Affected

avast

free_antivirus

CWE

CWE-312

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

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