Detections
Analytics
avast! Professional Edition < 4.8.1356 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 42261
Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The remote Windows host is running avast! Professional Edition.The installed version of avast! Professional Edition is potentially affected by multiple issues :
- A local privilege escalation vulnerability because the 'avast4.ini' file is created with insecure permissions on setup. (CVE-2009-3524)
- A local privilege escalation vulnerability because the 'aswMov2.sys' driver fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input passed to 'IOCTL'. (CVE-2009-3522)
- A local privilege escalation vulnerability because the 'aavmKer4.sys' driver fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input passed to 'IOCTL'. (CVE-2009-3523)
Solution
Upgrade to avast! Professional Edition 4.8.1356 or later.See Also
https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507375/30/0/threaded
https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506681/30/0/threaded
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 42261
File Name: avast_local_priv_escalation.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 10/27/2009
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:avast:avast_antivirus_professional
Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2009
Exploitable With
Core Impact