Free-AV AntiVir Personal Edition Classic Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:17071

Info

Free-AV AntiVir Personal Edition Classic Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 17071
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 11 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 20 2006 04:44PM
Credit: Ramon 'ports' Kukla is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: free-av.de AntiVir Personal Edition Premium 0
free-av.de AntiVir Personal Edition Classic 7
Not Vulnerable: free-av.de AntiVir Personal Edition Premium Build 128
free-av.de AntiVir Personal Edition Classic 7 Build 143

Discussion

Free-AV AntiVir Personal Edition Classic Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability


AntiVir Personal Edition Classic is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to launch other applications with SYSTEM privileges. This may facilitate a complete compromise of the affected computer.

AntiVir Personal Edition Classic version 7 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Free-AV AntiVir Personal Edition Classic Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Free-AV AntiVir Personal Edition Classic Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates to address this issue. Contact the vendor for details on obtaining and applying the appropriate updates.


free-av.de AntiVir Personal Edition Classic 7

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Free-AV AntiVir Personal Edition Classic Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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