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CVE-2012-6335

Status: ModifiedLow (3.3)—

The Anti-theft service in AVG AntiVirus for Android allows physically proximate attackers to provide arbitrary location data via a "commonly available simple GPS location spoofer."

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

AVG — AVG Antivirus

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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          "accessVector": "ADJACENT_NETWORK",
          "vectorString": "AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
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  "published": "2012-12-31T11:50:28.127",
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