CVE-2014-2956

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2956
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-08 11:06:00 UTC
Updated2014-07-08 18:49:00 UTC
DescriptionScriptHelperApi in the AVG ScriptHelper ActiveX control in ScriptHelper.exe in AVG Secure Search toolbar before 18.1.7.598 and AVG Safeguard before 18.1.7.644 does not implement domain-based access control for method calls, which allows remote attackers to trigger the downloading and execution of arbitrary programs via a crafted web site.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avg Safeguard All All All All
Application Avg Secure Search Toolbar All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vulnerability Note VU#960193 - AVG Secure Search ActiveX control provides insecure methods CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
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