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    CVE-2018-12572

    Avast Free Antivirus prior to 19.1.2360 stores user credentials in memory upon login, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by dumping AvastUI.exe application memory and parsing the data.

    Published:Mar 17, 2019
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Mar 17, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.00034
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Avast
    Product
    Free Antivirus

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151590/Avast-Anti-Virus-Local-Credential-Disclosure.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151590/Avast-Anti-Virus-Local-Credential-Disclosure.html

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-37 Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High