CVE-2015-8620

HIGH

7.8

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Avast virtualization driver (aswSnx.sys) in Avast Internet Security, Pro Antivirus, Premier, and Free Antivirus before 11.1.2253 allows local users to gain privileges via a Unicode file path in an IOCTL request.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published4/13/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

avast:avast_free_antivirusavast:avast_internet_securityavast:avast_premieravast:avast_pro_antivirus

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135859/Avast-11.1.2245-Heap-Overflow.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/94(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035093(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.nettitude.co.uk/exploiting-a-kernel-paged-pool-buffer-overflow-in-avast-virtualization-driver/(cve@mitre.org)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135859/Avast-11.1.2245-Heap-Overflow.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/94(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035093(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.nettitude.co.uk/exploiting-a-kernel-paged-pool-buffer-overflow-in-avast-virtualization-driver/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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