AVG 8.0.173 flaw Nov 5, 2008 -- Affected Vendors: AVG Technologies -- Affected Products: AVG 8.0.173 -- Vulnerability Details: There is a flaw in AVG 8.0 that alow a user to shutdown the AVG Resident Shield Service via Task Manager temporarily and execute a malicious file while the AVG Resident Shield Service is restarting. Note: The AVG Resident Shield Service can be crashed, until next boot. -- Dificulty Level: low -- Vendor Response: None -- Disclosure Timeline: 2008-11-05 - Disclosure -- About: Fabio Pinheiro at http://dicas3000.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/