VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-12572

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability0.31%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2019-03-21

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Avast Free Antivirus prior to 19.1.2360 stores user credentials in memory upon login, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by dumping AvastUI.exe application memory and parsing the data.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-312

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry