# CVE-2018-12572: Information disclosure in n/a

> Local attackers can dump AvastUI.exe memory to extract stored user credentials, exposing sensitive authentication data.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Mar 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mxrp-w3c8-g53w

## What is CVE-2018-12572?

CVE-2018-12572 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Avast Free Antivirus prior to 19.1.2360 stores user credentials in memory upon login, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by dumping AvastUI.exe application memory and parsing the data.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12572?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Avast Free Antivirus.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-12572?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-12572 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-12572 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-7227](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7227/): Avast Free Antivirus AvastSvc Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-7232](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7232/): Avast Free Antivirus AvastSvc Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-7233](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7233/): Avast Free Antivirus AvastSvc Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2017-5567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5567/): Code injection in n/a (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2024-7228](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7228/): Avast Free Antivirus Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-12572 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-12572 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12572/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12572/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12572
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12572
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12572

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12572/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.