CVE-2008-6962

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Published Aug 13, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Avira AntiVir Premium, Premium Security Suite, AntiVir Professional, and AntiVir Personal - FREE allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted IOCTL request that overwrites a kernel pointer.

Analysis

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Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir:-:-:premium:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir:6.35.00.00:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir_personal::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir_personal:::premium:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir_professional::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir_security_suite:-:-:premium:::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-6921	Avira AntiVir Premium, Premium Security Suite, AntiVir Professional, and AntiVir Personal - FREE allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted IOCTL request that overwrites a kernel pointer.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.654% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32269
http://www.vupen.com/english/VUPEN-Security-Advisory-20081112.txt
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3130
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46567

History

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Subscriptions

Avira Antivir Antivir Personal Antivir Professional Antivir Security Suite

Weaknesses

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:49 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 13, 2009, 4:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:49 AM
Reserved: Aug 13, 2009, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:03 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 13, 2009, 4:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:03 PM

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