CVE-2020-9399

Summary

CVECVE-2020-9399
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-28 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Avast AV parsing engine allows virus-detection bypass via a crafted ZIP archive. This affects versions before 12 definitions 200114-0 of Antivirus Pro, Antivirus Pro Plus, and Antivirus for Linux.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-436

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avast Antivirus For Linux All All All All
Application Avast Antivirus For Linux All All All All
Application Avast Antivirus Pro All All All All
Application Avast Antivirus Pro All All All All
Application Avast Antivirus Pro Plus All All All All
Application Avast Antivirus Pro Plus All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: [TZO-23-2020] - AVAST Generic Archive Bypass (ZIP) MISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Musings on Information Security and Data Privacy: [TZO-23-2020] - AVAST Generic Archive Bypass (ZIP) MISC blog.zoller.lu 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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