CVE-2018-12572 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8