Vulnerability in Avg Safeguard

CVE-2014-2956

ScriptHelperApi in the AVG ScriptHelper ActiveX control in ScriptHelper.exe in AVG Secure Search toolbar before 18.1.7.598 and AVG Safeguard before 18.1.7.644 does not implement domain-based access control for method calls, which allows remote attackers to trigger the downloading and execution of arbitrary programs via a crafted web site.

EPSS: 0.042 (89.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, third-party-advisory)