Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
medium 4.4

CVE-2023-1490 json

Max Secure Anti Virus Plus IoControlCode SDActMon.sys 0x220020 access control

published 2023-03-18 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-23738

cvss
4.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Max Secure Anti Virus Plus 19.0.2.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function 0x220020 in the library SDActMon.sys of the component IoControlCode Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-223376.

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • drive.google.com https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PmzG42vFkqpwfgTG0KACzyH8oA7OddWG/view referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-1490 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.0 4.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CNA 2.0 3.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Max Secure Anti Virus Plus

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.