CVE-2018-7289 — LOW (3.3) — White Hats Nepal

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in armadito-windows-driver/src/communication.c in Armadito 0.12.7.2. Malware with filenames containing pure UTF-16 characters can bypass detection. The user-mode service will fail to open the file for scanning after the conversion is done from Unicode to ANSI. This happens because characters that cannot be converted from Unicode are replaced with '?' characters.

CVSS Score

3.3

LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

LOW

Availability

NONE

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Teclib-Edition	Armadito Antivirus	0.12.7.2

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-172

References

https://github.com/armadito/armadito-windows-driver/issues/5Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44169/ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/armadito/armadito-windows-driver/issues/5Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44169/ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

FAQ

What is CVE-2018-7289?

CVE-2018-7289 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3 (LOW). An issue was discovered in armadito-windows-driver/src/communication.c in Armadito 0.12.7.2. Malware with filenames containing pure UTF-16 characters can bypass detection. The user-mode service will f...

How severe is CVE-2018-7289?

CVE-2018-7289 has been rated LOW with a CVSS base score of 3.3/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2018-7289?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Teclib-Edition Armadito Antivirus.