PT-2019-8901 · Avast · Avast Free Antivirus

Published 2019-03-17 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-12572

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Avast Free Antivirus versions prior to 19.1.2360

Description The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information by dumping the AvastUI.exe application memory and parsing the data, as user credentials are stored in memory upon login.

Recommendations For versions prior to 19.1.2360, update to version 19.1.2360 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-312

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-12572

Affected Products

Avast Free Antivirus

References · 3

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151590/Avast-Anti-Virus-Local-Credential-Disclosure.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12572 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12572 · Vendor Advisory