CVE-2008-6962

N/A Unknown

Published: August 13, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32269

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/VUPEN-Security-Advisory-20081112.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3130

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46567

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32269

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.vupen.com/english/VUPEN-Security-Advisory-20081112.txt

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3130

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46567

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.0%

15th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

avira

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