Description
AVG Anti-Virus plus Firewall 7.5.431 relies on the Process Environment Block (PEB) to identify a process, which allows local users to bypass the product's controls on a process by spoofing the (1) ImagePathName, (2) CommandLine, and (3) WindowTitle fields in the PEB.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Multiple Vendor Firewall - HIPS Process Spoofing EDB-29287 · dos · Dec 15, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Bypassing-process-identification-serveral-personal-firewalls-HIPS.php
- 20061215 Bypassing process identification of several personal firewalls and HIPS mailing-list
- 21615 vdb-entry
- http://www.matousec.com/downloads/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/ex-coat.zip