PT-2009-2431 · Avira · Avira Premium Security Suite+3

Published 2009-08-13 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2008-6962

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Avira AntiVir Premium, Premium Security Suite, AntiVir Professional, and AntiVir Personal - FREE (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted IOCTL request that overwrites a kernel pointer.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-6962

Affected Products

Avira Antivir Personal - Free

Avira Antivir Premium

Avira Antivir Professional

Avira Premium Security Suite

References · 5

• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3130 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6962 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/VUPEN-Security-Advisory-20081112.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46567 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32269 · Note