A well-known security
researcher Google Tavis Ormandy (
taviso ) has published details of the exploitation of vulnerabilities in ESET AV products. The experimental vulnerability itself is universal and was present in the antivirus engine that is used in many products (Windows, Linux, OS X), including ESET Smart Security, ESET NOD32, ESET Cyber Security Pro for OS X, ESET NOD32 for Linux Desktop.

The vulnerability was closed by update
11824 , which has already been delivered to all users of our products. Tavis Ormandy promptly contacted our developers and described the details of the vulnerability, which allowed us to quickly release a security update. The vulnerability information was published after the release of update 11824.