avast! aswMon2.sys buffer overflow
| avast-aswmon2-bo (53456) |  High Risk |
Description:
avast! is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the aswMon2.sys driver. By sending a specially-crafted 0xB2C80018 IOCTL request, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with kernel privileges or cause the application to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.6 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.6 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of avast! (4.8.1356 or later), available from the avast! Web site. See References.
References:
- avast! Web site: avast!.
- BugTraq Mialing List, Wed Sep 23 2009 - 11:24:30 CDT: Avast aswMon2.sys kernel memory corruption and Local Privilege Escalation.
- Evilfingers Web site: Avast aswMon2.sys kernel memory corruption and Local Privilege Escalation.
- BID-36507: Avast! Antivirus 'aswMon2.sys' Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2009-3522: Stack-based buffer overflow in aswMon2.sys in avast! Home and Professional for Windows 4.8.1351, and possibly other versions before 4.8.1356, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted IOCTL request to IOCTL 0xb2c80018.
- OSVDB ID: 58402: avast! Home / Professional aswMon2.sys IOCTL Handling Memory Corruption Local Privilege Escalation
- SA36858: avast! Home/Professional Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1022940: avast! 'aswMon2.sys' IOCTL Memory Corruption Flaw May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
- VUPEN/ADV-2009-2761: avast! aswMon2.sys Driver Local Memory Corurption Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Alwil avast! 4.8.1351 Home
- Alwil avast! 4.8.1351 Professional
Reported:
Sep 23, 2009
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