CVE-2014-9632 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.2 Published Updated

Local attackers can exploit a TDI driver IOCTL flaw in AVG Internet Security to write to arbitrary memory and gain elevated privileges.

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-2014-9632?

CVE-2014-9632 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Feb 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The TDI driver (avgtdix.sys) in AVG Internet Security before 2013.3495 Hot Fix 18 and 2015.x before 2015.5315 and Protection before 2015.5315 allows local users to write to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted 0x830020f8 IOCTL call.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9632?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Avg Internet Security, Avg Protection.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9632?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9632 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-9632 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9632 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7vj3-fhg7-94xg.

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