PT-2014-4981

CVE-2014-2956

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Published

2014-07-08

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Updated

2014-07-08

Description by

CVSS 2.0
9.3
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AVG Secure Search toolbar versions prior to 18.1.7.598 AVG Safeguard versions prior to 18.1.7.644
Description The issue concerns the ScriptHelperApi in the AVG ScriptHelper ActiveX control, which does not implement domain-based access control for method calls. This allows remote attackers to trigger the downloading and execution of arbitrary programs via a crafted web site.
Recommendations For AVG Secure Search toolbar versions prior to 18.1.7.598, update to version 18.1.7.598 or later. For AVG Safeguard versions prior to 18.1.7.644, update to version 18.1.7.644 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
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