High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-9977

Description

AVG AntiVirus for MacOS with scan engine before 4668 might allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection by leveraging failure to scan inside disk image (aka DMG) files.

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Affected products

AVG Technologies/Antivirus
cpe:2.3:a:avg:anti-virus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
AVG Technologies/AntiVirus for MacOSllm-create
Range: < scan engine 4668

Patches

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References

wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2017/07/06/avg-antivirus-for-macos-doesnt-scan-inside-disk-images-cve-2017-9977/nvdThird Party Advisory

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