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A security researcher has found a great number of exploitable vulnerabilities in popular security solutions and the AV engines they use, pro...
Most (if not all...) antivirus engines run with the highest privileges: root or local system," he noted. "If one can find a bug and write an exploit for the AV engine, (s)he just won root or system privileges."
Finally, most AVs get updates via HTTP only protocols, which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks that deliver malware instead of updates.
Most (if not all...) antivirus engines run with the highest privileges: root or local system," he noted. "If one can find a bug and write an exploit for the AV engine, (s)he just won root or system privileges."
Finally, most AVs get updates via HTTP only protocols, which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks that deliver malware instead of updates.