CVE-2008-6962

Summary

CVECVE-2008-6962
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-13 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-17 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionAvira 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avira Antivir - - premium All
Application Avira Antivir 6.35.00.00 All All All
Application Avira Antivir - - premium All
Application Avira Antivir 6.35.00.00 All All All
Application Avira Antivir Personal All All All All
Application Avira Antivir Personal All All premium All
Application Avira Antivir Personal All All All All
Application Avira Antivir Personal All All premium All
Application Avira Antivir Professional All All All All
Application Avira Antivir Professional All All All All
Application Avira Antivir Security Suite - - premium All
Application Avira Antivir Security Suite - - premium All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Multiple Avira Products Driver IOCTL Request Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty BID www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH MISC www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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