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High
CVE-2008-6962
Avira AntiVir Premium, Premium Security Suite, AntiVir Professional, and AntiVir...
Vulnerability Description
Avira AntiVir Premium, Premium Security Suite, AntiVir Professional, and AntiVir Personal - FREE allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted IOCTL request that overwrites a kernel pointer.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
avira
View all reports →Affected Software
antivir, antivir personal, antivir professional, antivir security suite
Vulnerable Versions:
6.35.00.00
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 13th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.