Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Bitdefender Internet Security 2018. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within cevakrnl.xmd. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-5101.
Published: 2017-12-21
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 6.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-8573 This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Bitdefender Internet Security 2018. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within cevakrnl.xmd. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-5101.
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Bitdefender Internet Security 2018
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:51:31.131Z

Reserved: 2017-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17408

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-21T14:29:00.397

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-17408

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