CVE-2018-12572

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

Avast Free Antivirus prior to 19.1.2360 stores user credentials in memory upon login, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by dumping AvastUI.exe application memory and parsing the data.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-12572

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-03-21T16:00:14

Last Modified Date
2020-08-24T17:37:01

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-312	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/312.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:avast:free_antivirus::::::::	1	OR		19.1.2360

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151590/Avast-Anti-Virus-Local-Credential-Disclosure.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12572
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12572

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:29:23				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 18:18:16	2019-03-21T16:00Z	2019-03-21T16:00:14	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 18:18:17		2020-08-24T17:37:01	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 18:18:17		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated