Avast AntiTrack Flaw Allows MitM Attacks on HTTPS Traffic

A vulnerability in Avast’s anti-tracking solution could allow malicious actors to perform man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks on HTTPS traffic, a security researcher has discovered.

The security flaw, which impacts both Avast and AVG AntiTrack, as they share underlying code, resides in the manner in which the software filters HTTPS traffic.