23843 : AntiVir PersonalEdition Update Report Local Privilege Escalation
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about 1 year ago

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95%

Disclosure

Mar 09, 2006

Discovery

Mar 04, 2006

Dates

Exploit

Mar 09, 2006

Solution

Unknown

Description

AntiVir PersonalEdition for Windows contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered when notepad.exe is launched with SYSTEM rights when viewing reports, which can be used to view or execute files with elevated priveleges. This flaw may lead to a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

AntiVir PersonalProducts GmbH
Watch-list
AntiVir PersonalEdition
Watch-list
7

References

Credit

  • Ramon 'ports' Kukla - ml2portsonline.net -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-03-20 | Disagree?

Access_vector_0 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

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