PT-2017-19315 · Avg · Avg Antivirus

Yakov Shafranovich · Published 2017-07-12 · Updated 2021-09-08 · CVE-2017-9977

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AVG AntiVirus for MacOS with scan engine before 4668

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection by leveraging the failure to scan inside disk image (aka DMG) files.

Recommendations For AVG AntiVirus for MacOS with scan engine before 4668, update the scan engine to version 4668 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9977

Affected Products

Avg Antivirus

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9977 · Security Note
• https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2017/07/06/avg-antivirus-for-macos-doesnt-scan-inside-disk-images-cve-2017-9977 · Note