7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
AVG Antivirus is prone to a code injection vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
CPE = "cpe:/a:avg:anti-virus";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.810835");
script_version("2022-04-13T11:57:07+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5566");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-04-13 11:57:07 +0000 (Wed, 13 Apr 2022)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-03 00:03:00 +0000 (Thu, 03 Oct 2019)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-04-04 17:45:27 +0530 (Tue, 04 Apr 2017)");
script_name("AVG Antivirus Code Injection Vulnerability");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"AVG Antivirus is prone to a code injection vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to:
- No use of Protected Processes feature, and therefore an attacker can enter an
arbitrary Application Verifier Provider DLL under Image File Execution Options
in the registry.
- The self-protection mechanism is intended to block all local processes
(regardless of privileges) from modifying Image File Execution Options for these
products.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation of these
vulnerabilities will allow a local attacker to bypass a self-protection
mechanism, inject arbitrary code, and take full control of any AVG process
via a 'DoubleAgent' attack.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"AVG Antivirus 17.1 and earlier on Windows");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://cybellum.com/doubleagentzero-day-code-injection-and-persistence-technique");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97022");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_avg_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("avg/antivirus/detected");
exit(0);
}
include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos['version'];
location = infos['location'];
if( version_is_less_equal( version:version, test_version:"17.1" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"None", install_path:location );
security_message( data:report, port:0 );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%