Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2007-6265 concerns old avast! 4 Home and Professional editions before 4.7.1098. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted TAR archive to cause an unknown impact. The public record does not provide CVSS, CWE, exploit detail, or confirmed business impact. Exposure is limited to systems still running avast! 4 Home or Professional below 4.7.1098 and scanning attacker-supplied TAR archives. Current exposure is likely legacy-only, but the bundle provides no asset prevalence or support-status evidence. Do not treat this as a broad emergency without evidence of affected legacy deployments. If avast! 4 remains in use, remediation should be prompt because antivirus parsing bugs can sit in high-trust file paths. Mitigation focus: Inventory endpoints for avast! 4 Home or Professional installations.; Upgrade affected installations to 4.7.1098 or later where applicable.; Check Avast vendor guidance for current supported replacement paths..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- avast-tar-code-execution(38877)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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