Vulnerabilities in Antivirus and EDR Products Identified
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🦠 Vulnerabilities in Antivirus and EDR Products Exposed Through COM Hijacking. A recent analysis revealed significant security vulnerabilities in various antivirus (AV) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) products, allowing potential privilege escalation on millions of devices. The research focused on the communication between front-end user interfaces and back-end processes, highlighting how attackers could exploit these interactions via COM hijacking. By injecting malicious code into trusted processes, attackers could manipulate privileged actions, such as modifying registry keys. The findings underscore the need for enhanced security measures in AV and EDR products to prevent such exploits. A talk on this research was presented at the 38c3 conference, with further details available in accompanying slides.
