CVE-2018-8955

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-8955
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-24 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-01-25 20:01:00 UTC
DescriptionThe installer for BitDefender GravityZone relies on an encoded string in a filename to determine the URL for installation metadata, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by changing the filename while leaving the file's digital signature unchanged.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-347

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bitdefender Gravityzone - All All All
Application Bitdefender Gravityzone - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: CVE-2018-8955: Bitdefender GravityZone Arbitrary Code Execution FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bitdefender GravityZone Installer Signature Bypass / Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2018-8955: Bitdefender GravityZone Arbitrary Code Execution – Nettitude Labs MISC labs.nettitude.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
BitDefender Digital Signature Bypass Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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