A vulnerability has been found in MicroWord eScan Antivirus 7.0.32 on Linux and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function passPrompt of the component USB Protection Service. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
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| https://vuldb.com/?id.295969 | vdb entry technical description |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295969 | signature permissions required |
| https://vuldb.com/?submit.496481 | third party advisory |
| https://github.com/dmknght/FIS_RnD/blob/main/escan_av_usb_protection_multiple_vulns.md | exploit |