Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Avira Software Updater before 2.0.6.27476 due to improperly handling file hard links. This allows local users to obtain take control of arbitrary files...

CVE-2020-12463

Avira Software Updater prior to 2.0.6.27476 is affected by an elevation of privilege due to improper handling of file hard links. This allows local users to take control of arbitrary files. CVSSv3.1 base score 7.8 (LOCAL, HIGH impact on confidentiality/integrity/availability); no exploit details ...

CVE-2020-12463

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Avira Software Updater before 2.0.6.27476 due to improperly handling file hard links. This allows local users to obtain take control of arbitrary files...

CVE-2019-17449

Avira Software Updater before 2.0.6.21094 allows a DLL side-loading attack. NOTE: The vendor thinks that this vulnerability is invalid because exploiting it would require at least administrator privileges and would gain only SYSTEM privileges...

CVE-2019-17449

Avira Software Updater before 2.0.6.21094 allows a DLL side-loading attack. NOTE: The vendor thinks that this vulnerability is invalid because exploiting it would require at least administrator privileges and would gain only SYSTEM privileges...

Design/Logic Flaw

DISPUTED Avira Software Updater before 2.0.6.21094 allows a DLL side-loading attack. NOTE: The vendor thinks that this vulnerability is invalid because exploiting it would require at least administrator privileges and would gain only SYSTEM privileges...

CVE-2019-17449

Avira Software Updater before 2.0.6.21094 allows a DLL side-loading attack. NOTE: The vendor thinks that this vulnerability is invalid because exploiting it would require at least administrator privileges and would gain only SYSTEM privileges...

CVE-2019-17449

Avira Software Updater before 2.0.6.21094 allows a DLL side-loading attack. NOTE: The vendor thinks that this vulnerability is invalid because exploiting it would require at least administrator privileges and would gain only SYSTEM privileges...

CVE-2019-17449

CVE-2019-17449 affects Avira Software Updater, prior to version 2.0.6.21094, which is vulnerable to a DLL side-loading attack via DLL preloading. The vulnerability is described as a local issue where exploiting it would require administrator privileges and could elevate to SYSTEM privileges (vend...

PT-2019-15158 · Avira · Avira Software Updater +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Avira Software Updater versions prior to 2.0.6.21094 Description: The issue allows a DLL side-loading attack. It is noted that exploiting this would require at least administrator privileges and would gain only SYSTEM privileges. There are...

CVE-2019-11396

An issue was discovered in Avira Free Security Suite 10. The permissive access rights on the SoftwareUpdater folder files / folders and configuration are incompatible with the privileged file manipulation performed by the product. Files can be created that can be used by an unprivileged user to...

How to browse the Internet safely at work

This Safer Internet Day, we teamed up with ethical hacking and web application security company Detectify to provide security tips for both workplace Internet users and web developers. This article is aimed at employees of all levels. If you’re a programmer looking to create secure websites, visi...

FreeBSD : chromium -- vulnerability (36ff7a74-47b1-11e8-a7d6-54e1ad544088)

Google Chrome Releases reports : 62 security fixes in this release : - 826626 Critical CVE-2018-6085: Use after free in Disk Cache. Reported by Ned Williamson on 2018-03-28 - 827492 Critical CVE-2018-6086: Use after free in Disk Cache. Reported by Ned Williamson on 2018-03-30 - 813876 High...

Google Software Updater macOS - Unsafe use of Distributed Objects Privilege Escalation

/ Google software updater ships with Chrome on MacOS and installs a root service com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine which lives here: /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon This service vends a Distributed Object which expos...

Google Software Updater macOS - Unsafe use of Distributed Objects Privilege Escalation

Google Software Updater macOS - Unsafe use of Distributed Objects Privilege Escalation / Google software updater ships with Chrome on MacOS and installs a root service com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine which lives here:...

Google Software Updater macOS - Unsafe use of Distributed Objects Privilege Escalation Exploit

Exploit for macOS platform in category local exploits / Google software updater ships with Chrome on MacOS and installs a root service com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine which lives here: /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/Contents/MacOS/GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaem...

CVE-2017-6466

F-Secure Software Updater 2.20, as distributed in several F-Secure products, downloads installation packages over plain http and does not perform file integrity validation after download. Man-in-the-middle attackers can replace the file with their own executable which will be executed under the...

Input validation

F-Secure Software Updater 2.20, as distributed in several F-Secure products, downloads installation packages over plain http and does not perform file integrity validation after download. Man-in-the-middle attackers can replace the file with their own executable which will be executed under the...

CVE-2017-6466

CVE-2017-6466 affects F-Secure Software Updater 2.20 (as distributed in several F-Secure products). The issue: updates are downloaded over plain HTTP and lack post-download integrity validation, enabling MITM attackers to replace the downloaded file; the executable could run under the SYSTEM acco...

CVE-2017-6466

F-Secure Software Updater 2.20, as distributed in several F-Secure products, downloads installation packages over plain http and does not perform file integrity validation after download. Man-in-the-middle attackers can replace the file with their own executable which will be executed under the...