Avast! Antivirus 'aavmKer4.sys' Driver IOCTL Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:38363

Info

Avast! Antivirus 'aavmKer4.sys' Driver IOCTL Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 38363
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2010-0705
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 22 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:02PM
Credit: Tobias Klein
Vulnerable: Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.8.1356
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.8.1351
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.8.1335
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.8.1169
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.7.1098
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.7.1043
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.7.844
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.7.827
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.6.691
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.6.665
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.6.652
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.6.603
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.6
Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 4.0
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.8.1356
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.8.1351
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.8.1335
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.8.1169
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.7.1098
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.7.1043
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.7.869
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.7.844
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.7.827
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.6.691
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.6.665
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.6.655
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.6.652
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.6
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.0
Not Vulnerable: Avast Antivirus Professional Edition 5.0.418
Avast Antivirus Home Edition 5.0.418

Discussion

Avast! Antivirus 'aavmKer4.sys' Driver IOCTL Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Avast! Antivirus is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges and completely compromise the affected computer. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.

Versions prior to Avast! Antivirus 5.0.418 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Avast! Antivirus 'aavmKer4.sys' Driver IOCTL Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Avast! Antivirus 'aavmKer4.sys' Driver IOCTL Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

References

Avast! Antivirus 'aavmKer4.sys' Driver IOCTL Handling Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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