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CVE-2019-3970

Comodo Antivirus versions up to 12.0.0.6810 are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write due to Cavwp.exe handling of Comodo's

Comodo Antivirus versions up to 12.0.0.6810 are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write due to Cavwp.exe handling of Comodo's Antivirus database. Cavwp.exe loads Comodo antivirus definition database in unsecured global section objects, allowing a local low privileged process to modify this data directly and change virus signatures.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00048
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Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-668Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
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Affected Products & Versions

1
comodo antivirus<= 12.0.0.6810
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocwww.tenable.com · tra-2019-34www.tenable.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

8
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productcriticalAntivirus Exploitation Framework Detection
productcriticalAntivirus Password Dumper Detection
productcriticalAntivirus Ransomware Detection
producthighAntivirus Web Shell Detection
producthighAntivirus Relevant File Paths Alerts
producthighAntivirus Hacktool Detection
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Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · vulnreport@tenable.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD17 Jul 2019 · 09:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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