CVE-2017-5567

Code injection vulnerability in Avast Premier 12.3 (and earlier), Internet Security 12.3 (and earlier), Pro Antivirus 12.3 (and earlier), and Free Antivirus 12.3 (and earlier) allows a local attacker to bypass a self-protection mechanism, inject arbitrary code, and take full control of any Avast process via a "DoubleAgent" attack. One perspective on this issue is that (1) these products do not use the Protected Processes feature, and therefore an attacker can enter an arbitrary Application Verifier Provider DLL under Image File Execution Options in the registry; (2) the self-protection mechanism is intended to block all local processes (regardless of privileges) from modifying Image File Execution Options for these products; and (3) this mechanism can be bypassed by an attacker who temporarily renames Image File Execution Options during the attack.
References
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:avast:pro_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avast:internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avast:free_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avast:premier:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-03-21 09:59

Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03


NVD link : CVE-2017-5567

Mitre link : CVE-2017-5567


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CWE
CWE-427

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Products Affected

avast

  • premier
  • internet_security
  • pro_antivirus
  • free_antivirus