Vulnerability in Avast Antivirus Free
CVE-2010-3126
Untrusted search path vulnerability in avast! Free Antivirus version 5.0.594 and earlier allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse mfc90loc.dll that is located in the same folder as an avast license (.avastlic) file.
EPSS: 0.078 (94.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Avast Avast_antivirus_free
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)