Summary
This host is installed with avast! AntiVirus and is prone to Buffer Overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service or potentially gain escalated privileges.
Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Upgrade to avast! Home and Professional version 4.8.1367 or later For updates refer to http://www.avast.com/eng/download.html
Insight
The vulnerability is due to an error in 'aswRdr.sys' when processing IOCTLs. This can be exploited to corrupt kernel memory via a specially crafted 0x80002024 IOCTL.
Affected
avast! Home and Professional version 4.8.1356 and prior on Windows.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-4049 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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