CVE-2009-3523

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3523
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-10-01 17:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionaavmKer4.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.7.1043 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.7.1098 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.7.827 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.7.844 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.7.869 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.8.1169 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.8.1195 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.8.1201 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.8.1227 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.8.1229 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.8.1282 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.8.1290 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.8.1296 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.8.1335 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home All All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.7.1043 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.7.1098 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.7.827 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.7.844 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.8.1169 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.8.1195 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.8.1201 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.8.1227 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.8.1229 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.8.1282 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.8.1290 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.8.1296 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.8.1335 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional All All windows All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
avast! Home/Professional "aswMon2" Buffer Overflow - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
avast! 4 Home/Professional Revision History af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.avast.com
NTIADV0904 - Avast! (AavmKer4.sys) Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ntinternals.org Exploit
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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