Avast! Insecure File Permissions Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:36798

Info

Avast! Insecure File Permissions Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 36798
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 22 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:24AM
Credit: Maxim A. Kulakov
Vulnerable: Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.8.1356
Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.8.1351
Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.8.1335
Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.8.1169
Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.7.1098
Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.7.1043
Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.7.844
Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.7.827
Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.6.691
Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.6.665
Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.6.652
Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.6.603
Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.6
Avast! Antivirus Professional Edition 4.0
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.8.1356
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.8.1351
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.8.1335
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.8.1169
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.7.1098
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.7.1043
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.7.869
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.7.844
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.7.827
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.6.691
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.6.665
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.6.655
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.6.652
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.6
Avast! Antivirus Home Edition 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Avast! Insecure File Permissions Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Avast! is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to crash the application, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

This issue affects Avast! Home and Professional Edition 4.8.1356 and earlier.

Exploit / POC

Avast! Insecure File Permissions Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can use filesystem utilities to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Avast! Insecure File Permissions Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Avast! Insecure File Permissions Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

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