Avira AntiVir -/6.35.00.00 input validation

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Avira AntiVir -/6.35.00.00. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Avira AntiVir Premium, Premium Security Suite, AntiVir Professional, and AntiVir Personal - FREE allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted IOCTL request that overwrites a kernel pointer.

The weakness was released 08/13/2009 by Basti (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-6962 since 08/13/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (46567).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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11/12/2008 🔍
08/13/2009 +274 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +2043 days 🔍
11/21/2018 +1344 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Basti
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-6962 (🔍)
X-Force: 46567 - Multiple Avira products IOCTL requests privilege escalation
SecurityFocus: 32269 - Multiple Avira Products Driver IOCTL Request Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty
Vupen: ADV-2008-3130

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 11/21/2018 04:40
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (53), 11/21/2018 04:40 (1)
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