CVE-2010-0705

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0705
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-25 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionAavmker4.sys in avast! 4.8 through 4.8.1368.0 and 5.0 before 5.0.418.0 running on Windows 2000 and XP does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0xb2d60030, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code to gain privileges via IOCTL requests using crafted kernel addresses that trigger memory corruption.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 4.8.1351 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home 4.8.1368.0 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Home All 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 4.8.1351 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.8.1356.0 All All All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.8.1368.0 All windows All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus Professional All All windows All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/62510 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
New avast program update 5.0.418 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 forum.avast.com Vendor Advisory
Avast! Antivirus 'aavmKer4.sys' Driver IOCTL Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
avast! Home/Professional "aavmker4.sys" Memory Corruption Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - avast! 'aavmker4.sys' IOCTL Processing Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2010-003.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trapkit.de
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