Multiple Avira Products Driver IOCTL Request Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty

BID:32269

Info

Multiple Avira Products Driver IOCTL Request Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty

Bugtraq ID: 32269
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-6962
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 12 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:21PM
Credit: Sebastien Renaud of FrSIRT
Vulnerable: AVIRA Premium Security Suite 0
AVIRA AntiVir Professional 0
AVIRA AntiVir Premium 0
AVIRA AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium Build 228
AVIRA AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic Build 180
AVIRA AntiVir Personal 0
AVIRA Antivir 6.35.00.00
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple Avira Products Driver IOCTL Request Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty

Multiple Avira products are prone to a local buffer-overflow vulnerability because they fail to adequately validate user-supplied input.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM-level privileges, which may facilitate a complete compromise of the affected computer.

The following applications are vulnerable:

AntiVir Premium
Security Suite
AntiVir Professional
AntiVir Personal

Exploit / POC

Multiple Avira Products Driver IOCTL Request Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty

FrSIRT has developed a working exploit. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

Solution / Fix

Multiple Avira Products Driver IOCTL Request Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty

Solution:
Reportedly, vendor updates are available. Symantec has not been able to confirm this information.

References

Multiple Avira Products Driver IOCTL Request Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilty

References:

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