CVE-2018-12572

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.

• CWE-312

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151590/Avast-Anti-Virus-Local-Credential-Disclosure.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151590/Avast-Anti-Virus-Local-Credential-Disclosure.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Mar 21, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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