CVE-2018-8090 describes a DLL Hijacking vulnerability (CWE-427) present in multiple Quick Heal antivirus products, including Total Security, Internet Security, and AntiVirus Pro versions 17.00. This flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by tricking the legitimate Quick Heal applications into loading a malicious DLL due to insecure library loading. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file), leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:antivirus_pro:17.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:internet_security:17.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quickheal:total_security:17.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.