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.
References
Link Resource
https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-942 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2017-12-21T14:00:00

Updated: 2017-12-21T13:57:01

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


Link: CVE-2017-17408

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2019-10-09T23:25:31.987


Link: CVE-2017-17408

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