CVE-2009-3522

Public Exploit

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in aswMon2.sys in avast! Home and Professional for Windows 4.8.1351, and possibly other versions before 4.8.1356, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted IOCTL request to IOCTL 0xb2c80018.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.51%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory avast.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36507 vdb entry exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022940 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506681/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/36858 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53456 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6226 vdb entry signature
https://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/Advisory/Avast_aswMon2.sys_kernel_memory_corruption_and_Local_Privilege_Escalation.php exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2761 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-4-home_pro-revision-history.html vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/58402 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-3522?
CVE-2009-3522 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-3522?
To fix CVE-2009-3522, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-3522 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-3522 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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