High severity · published Apr 12, 2016
CVE-2016-3986
Avast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PE file, related to authenticode parsing
7.8
CVSS
7.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Avast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PE file, related to authenticode parsing.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.5% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AV
Avast · Avast
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3986
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3986
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136090/Avast-Authenticode-Parsing-Memory-Corruption.html
code.google.com
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=668
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39530/
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