CVE-2020-12122 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a Blue Screen of Death in Max Secure products via improper input validation in the MaxProc64.sys 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-2020-12122?
CVE-2020-12122 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Max Secure Max Spyware Detector 1.0.0.044, the driver file (MaxProc64.sys) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x2200019. (This also extends to the various other products from Max Secure that include MaxProc64.sys.)
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12122?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Maxpcsecure Max Spyware Detector.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12122?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12122 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-12122 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12122 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-frr5-fmjm-627j.