First published: Thu Apr 27 2017(Updated: )
In Avast Antivirus before v17, an unprivileged user (and thus malware or a virus) can mark an arbitrary process as Trusted from the perspective of the Avast product. This bypasses the Self-Defense feature of the product, opening a door to subsequent attack on many of its components.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Avast AntiVirus | <=12.3.2279 |
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