Description
aavmker4.sys in avast! Home and Professional 4.7 for Windows does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0xb2d60030, which allows local users to gain privileges via certain IOCTL requests.
Affected products
- Avast / avast_antivirus_home4.7.827 – 4.7.827
- Avast / avast_antivirus_home4.7.844 – 4.7.844
- Avast / avast_antivirus_home4.7.869 – 4.7.869
- Avast / avast_antivirus_home4.7.1043 – 4.7.1043
- Avast / avast_antivirus_home4.7.1098 – 4.7.1098
- Avast / avast_antivirus_professional4.7.827 – 4.7.827
- Avast / avast_antivirus_professional4.7.844 – 4.7.844
- Avast / avast_antivirus_professional4.7.1043 – 4.7.1043
- Avast / avast_antivirus_professional4.7.1098 – 4.7.1098
Exploits & proofs of concept
- exploit-dbAvast! 4.7 - 'aavmker4.sys' Local Privilege Escalationby ryujin
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1034/references
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-002.txt
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28502
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/29605
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490321/100/0/threaded
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41527
- MISChttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019732
- MISChttp://www.avast.com/eng/avast-4-home_pro-revision-history.html
Updated 39m ago · 8 sources