CVE-2019-3970

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3970
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-17 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionComodo Antivirus versions up to 12.0.0.6810 are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write due to Cavwp.exe handling of Comodo's Antivirus database. Cavwp.exe loads Comodo antivirus definition database in unsecured global section objects, allowing a local low privileged process to modify this data directly and change virus signatures.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-668

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Comodo Antivirus All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Comodo Antivirus Multiple Vulnerabilities - Research Advisory | Tenable® MISC www.tenable.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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