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Vigil@nce: AVG AV, denial of service via UPX
December 2008 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS
An attacker can create a malicious UPX binary in order to create a
denial of service and eventually to execute code in AVG AV.
Gravity: 2/4
Consequences: denial of service of service
Provenance: document
Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack
Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)
Confidence: unique source (2/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 10/12/2008
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– Grisoft AVG
DESCRIPTION
An attacker can create a malicious UPX binary in order to create a
denial of service and eventually to execute code in AVG AV.
Technical details are unknown.
This vulnerability may only impact Linux versions of the antivirus.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: BID-32749, IVIZ-08-014, VIGILANCE-VUL-8320
