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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2008-1625 json

aavmker4.sys in avast!

published 2008-04-02 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1626

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

aavmker4.sys in avast! Home and Professional 4.7 for Windows does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0xb2d60030, which allows local users to gain privileges via certain IOCTL requests.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-12406)

Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-12406 Avast! 4.7 - 'aavmker4.sys' Local Privilege Escalation local, 2010-04-27

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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