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CVE-2018-12572

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.31% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-03-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2018-12572
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.31%

Original NVD 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.

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