Medium severity · published Mar 21, 2017
CVE-2017-6186
Code injection vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security 12.0 (and earlier), Internet Security 12.0 (and earlier), and Antivirus Plus 12.0 (and earlier) allows a local attacker…
6.7
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Code injection vulnerability in Bitdefender Total Security 12.0 (and earlier), Internet Security 12.0 (and earlier), and Antivirus Plus 12.0 (and earlier) allows a local attacker to bypass a self-protection mechanism, inject arbitrary code, and take full control of any Bitdefender process via a "DoubleAgent" attack. One perspective on this issue is that (1) these products do not use the Protected Processes feature, and therefore an attacker can enter an arbitrary Application Verifier Provider DLL under Image File Execution Options in the registry; (2) the self-protection mechanism is intended to block all local processes (regardless of privileges) from modifying Image File Execution Options for these products; and (3) this mechanism can be bypassed by an attacker who temporarily renames Image File Execution Options during the attack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AP
Antivirus Plus · Bitdefender
through 12.0 · source: NVD
IS
Internet Security · Bitdefender
through 12.0 · source: NVD
TS
Total Security · Bitdefender
through 12.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6186
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6186
Third Party Advisory
http://cybellum.com/doubleagent-taking-full-control-antivirus/
Technical Description
http://cybellum.com/doubleagentzero-day-code-injection-and-persistence-technique/
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97024
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