CVE-2015-8578

2015-12-1618:00:00

mitre

www.cve.org

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

68.8%

JSON

AVG Internet Security 2015 allocates memory with Read, Write, Execute (RWX) permissions at predictable addresses when protecting user-mode processes, which allows attackers to bypass the DEP and ASLR protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.

References

blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations

breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/sedating-watchdog-abusing-security-products-bypass-mitigations/

breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/vulnerability-patching-learning-from-avg-on-doing-it-right/

www.securityfocus.com/bid/78813