Privilege Escalation in Avira AntiVir Products
CVE-2008-6962

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Key Information:

Vendor: Avira
Status: Antivir; Antivir Personal; Antivir Professional; Antivir Security Suite
Vendor: CVE Published:; 13 August 2009

What is CVE-2008-6962?

The vulnerability in Avira AntiVir software products allows local users to craft specific IOCTL requests that can overwrite kernel pointers, leading to the execution of arbitrary code. This poses significant security risks as it facilitates unauthorized privilege escalation, potentially allowing an attacker to gain higher-level access within the affected system.

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