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AVG AntiVirus Engine Malware Detection Bypass Vulnerability (Linux)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Remote file access

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with AVG AntiVirus Server Edition for Linux and is prone to Malware Detection Bypass Vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

Error in the file parsing engine can be exploited to bypass the anti-virus scanning functionality via a specially crafted ZIP or RAR file.

Affected Software

Affected Software

AVG Anti-Virus Server Edition prior to 8.5.323 on Linux

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to the AVG Anti-Virus Scanning Engine build 8.5.323.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)