Max Secure Anti Virus 19.0.3.019 Driver SDActMon.sys input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Max Secure Anti Virus 19.0.3.019. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function in the library SDActMon.sys of the component Driver. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-6204. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Max Secure Anti Virus 19.0.3.019 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function in the library SDActMon.sys of the component Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Max Secure Anti Virus 19.0.3.019,, the driver file (SDActMon.sys) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x220019.

The bug was discovered 01/24/2018. The weakness was disclosed 01/25/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-6204 since 01/24/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/27/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• Max Secure

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• Anti Virus

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• 19.0.3.019

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