Avg Antivirus
CVE-2012-6335
LOW
Vulnerability Assessment
| Impact | CVSS score of 3.3 (LOW). Attack characteristics: adjacent network attack vector, low complexity. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.07%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the low-severity affected system. |
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The Anti-theft service in AVG AntiVirus for Android allows physically proximate attackers to provide arbitrary location data via a "commonly available simple GPS location spoofer.". Rated low severity (CVSS 3.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
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No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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The Anti-theft service in AVG AntiVirus for Android allows physically proximate attackers to provide arbitrary location data via a "commonly available simple GPS location spoofer." Affected products include: Avg Avg Antivirus.
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AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
The Anti-theft service in AVG AntiVirus for Android allows physically proximate attackers to provide arbitrary location data via a "commonly available simple GPS location spoofer."
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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