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TI-2017-07336 Aliases CVE-2017-9977GHSA-h3qh-4wmf-6pvg

AVG AntiVirus for MacOS with scan engine before 4668 might allow remote attackers to…

Priority LOW 35Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

AVG AntiVirus for MacOS with scan engine before 4668 might allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection by leveraging failure to scan inside disk image (aka DMG) files.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01306 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:avg:anti-virus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableAVG
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onApple
  • cpe:2.3:a:avg:anti-virus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·AVG
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Apple

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-9977
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h3qh-4wmf-6pvg

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2019-12750 An issue was discovered in Avast antivirus before 19.8 and AVG antivirus before 19.8. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2010-03328 AVG Anti-Virus does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2017-03572 Code injection vulnerability in AVG Ultimate 17.1 (and earlier), AVG Internet Security… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.7
  • TI-2023-01496 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Avast Antivirus CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2019-13493 A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) issue exists in AVG AntiVirus (Internet Security Edition)… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2023-01495 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Avast Antivirus CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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