CVE-2008-6962

high

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.

References

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-08-13

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H