Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-3498

RCE

Title: Avg Anti-Virus RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2010-3498.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Aug 22, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.4 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.60%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2010-3498: 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.

Impacted Vendors

f-secure 1

avg 1

drweb 1

Reference Links

http://www.n00bz.net/antivirus-cve http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514356 http://www.n00bz.net/antivirus-cve http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514356

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.4

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-3498 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 22, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.