CVE-2017-17408

HIGH

Bitdefender Internet Security 2018 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Bitdefender Internet Security 2018. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within cevakrnl.xmd. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-5101.

Exploits (1)

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0634
EPSS Percentile 91.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (2)
Bitdefender/Bitdefender Internet Security 2018
bitdefender/internet_security_2018 < 73447
Published Dec 21, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026