AVG Anti-Virus does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this product, but with a detection approach that occurs too late to stop the code execution.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3494 AVG Anti-Virus does not properly interact with the processing of hcp:// URLs by the Microsoft Help and Support Center, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malware that is correctly detected by this product, but with a detection approach that occurs too late to stop the code execution.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:46:28.289Z

Reserved: 2010-09-24T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2010-3498

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-08-22T10:42:04.133

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-3498

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