CVE-2008-1625 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published 2 Apr 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can escalate privileges by sending crafted IOCTL requests to the avast! kernel driver due to improper input validation.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-1625?

CVE-2008-1625 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Apr 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

aavmker4.sys in avast! Home and Professional 4.7 for Windows does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0xb2d60030, which allows local users to gain privileges via certain IOCTL requests.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1625?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Avast Avast Antivirus Home, Avast Avast Antivirus Professional.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1625?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1625 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-1625 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1625 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wr6q-9jvw-7c6w.