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CVE-2009-3523

N/A
Published: October 1, 2009 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAvast Antivirus HomeAvast Antivirus Professional

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

aavmKer4.sys in avast! Home and Professional for Windows before 4.8.1356 does not properly validate input to IOCTLs (1) 0xb2d6000c and (2) 0xb2d60034, which allows local users to gain privileges via IOCTL requests using crafted kernel addresses that trigger memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1625.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/36858
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-4-home_pro-revision-history.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ntinternals.org/ntiadv0904/ntiadv0904.html
VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6024

CVSS

6.9MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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