Re:Bitdefender Anti-Virus: Heap Buffer Overflow via 7z LZMA
by the8472 on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @04:29AM
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> The danger of antivirus, on the other hand, is wildly overstated in this thread. A small fraction of attacks use vulnerabilities to begin with
But AV vulnerabilities sit on the top of the attack class pyramid. They often are remotely executable, run with kernel privileges and do not require user interaction.
You can't lump that together that with malware that requires tricking a user into downloading an installer, clicking through it and granting it elevated privileges.
But AV vulnerabilities sit on the top of the attack class pyramid. They often are remotely executable, run with kernel privileges and do not require user interaction.
You can't lump that together that with malware that requires tricking a user into downloading an installer, clicking through it and granting it elevated privileges.