{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1491 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1491 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-1491 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Max Secure Anti Virus Plus, published on 18 Mar 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1491 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-1491 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Max Secure Anti Virus Plus, published on 18 Mar 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1491 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Max Secure Anti Virus Plus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1491/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1491/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-1491","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1491/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-1491","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-f57v-37vr-p3jw"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"no_fix_stated","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Antivirus software","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can exploit improper access controls in the MaxCryptMon.sys driver to escalate privileges on systems running Max Secure Anti Virus Plus.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulDB","cpe":[{"product":"anti_virus_plus","vendor":"maxpcsecure"}],"cvss":{"score":4.4,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-284","name":"Improper Access Control"}],"description":"A vulnerability was found in Max Secure Anti Virus Plus 19.0.2.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function 0x220020 in the library MaxCryptMon.sys of the component IoControlCode Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-223377 was assigned to this vulnerability.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Max Secure Anti Virus Plus IoControlCode MaxCryptMon.sys 0x220020 access control","id":"CVE-2023-1491","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Max Secure Anti Virus Plus IoControlCode MaxProc64.sys 0x220019 denial of service","id":"CVE-2023-1492"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Max Secure Anti Virus Plus IoControlCode SDActMon.sys 0x220020 access control","id":"CVE-2023-1490"},"products":["Anti Virus Plus"],"published":"2023-03-18","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2019-19382","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-12-03"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Max Secure Anti Virus Plus IoControlCode MaxProc64.sys 0x220019 denial of service","id":"CVE-2023-1492","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-03-18"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Max Secure Anti Virus Plus IoControlCode MaxProctetor64.sys 0x220019 denial of service","id":"CVE-2023-1493","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-03-18"},{"cvss_score":4.4,"headline":"Max Secure Anti Virus Plus IoControlCode SDActMon.sys 0x220020 access control","id":"CVE-2023-1490","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-03-18"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-02","vendors":["Max Secure"]},"summary":"Local attackers can exploit improper access controls in the MaxCryptMon.sys driver to escalate privileges on systems running Max Secure Anti Virus Plus.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1491/"}