55647 : Avira Multiple Products sched.exe CreateProcess() API Local Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Vendor Solution Date	Disclosure Date
2008-09-28	2008-09-28	2008-10-24	2009-01-15

Time to Patch
26 days

Keywords

TZO-2009-2

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-2761" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the scheduler (sched.exe) in Avira AntiVir, AntiVir Premium, Premium Security Suite, and AntiVir Professional might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious antivir.exe file in the "C:\Program Files\avira\" directory.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Rumored
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-2761 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 33291
ISS X-Force ID: 46568
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-01/0146.html
Other Advisory URL: http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/01/tzo-2009-2-avira-antivir-priviledge.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3130
Vendor URL: http://www.avira.de/

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-08-14 | Disagree?

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