CVE-2014-2956
ScriptHelperApi in the AVG ScriptHelper ActiveX control in ScriptHelper.exe in AVG Secure Search toolbar before 18.1.7.598 and AVG Safeguard before 18.1.7.644 does not implement domain-based access control for method calls, which allows remote attackers…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
ScriptHelperApi in the AVG ScriptHelper ActiveX control in ScriptHelper.exe in AVG Secure Search toolbar before 18.1.7.598 and AVG Safeguard before 18.1.7.644 does not implement domain-based access control for method calls, which allows remote attackers to trigger the downloading and execution of arbitrary programs via a crafted web site.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.17% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- avg/safeguard · avg/secure search toolbar
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/960193US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/960193US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.