PT-2012-6268 · Avg · Avg Antivirus For Android

Jiten Jain · Published 2012-12-31 · Updated 2012-12-31 · CVE-2012-6335

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AVG AntiVirus for Android (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the Anti-theft service in AVG AntiVirus for Android, which can be exploited by physically proximate attackers to provide arbitrary location data. This can be achieved using a commonly available simple GPS location spoofer.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6335

Affected Products

Avg Antivirus For Android

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6335 · Security Note
• http://thehackernews.com/2012/12/manufacture-based-gps-tracking-services.html · Note