CVE-2020-9399 describes a medium-severity vulnerability in Avast Antivirus products, including Antivirus Pro, Antivirus Pro Plus, and Antivirus for Linux, affecting versions before 12 definitions 200114-0. This flaw allows for a virus-detection bypass through a specially crafted ZIP archive, potentially enabling malicious code to evade scanning. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), with a high impact on integrity (I:H) if exploited. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus_for_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avast:antivirus_pro_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.