CVE-2009-2450 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.2 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges to kernel level by sending crafted IOCTL requests to the Online Armor firewall driver.

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-2009-2450?

CVE-2009-2450 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Jul 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The OAmon.sys kernel driver 3.1.0.0 and earlier in Tall Emu Online Armor Personal Firewall AV+ before 3.5.0.12, and Personal Firewall 3.5 before 3.5.0.14, allows local users to gain privileges via crafted METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL requests to \Device\OAmon containing arbitrary kernel addresses, as demonstrated using the 0x830020C3 IOCTL.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2450?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Tallemu Online Armor Personal Firewall Av\+, Tallemu Personal Firewall.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2450?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2450 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2009-2450 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-2450 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-66r2-9m7r-3cvc.

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