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CVE-2010-0705

7.2 · HIGH

Aavmker4.sys in avast!

Published Feb 25, 2010avastCWE-20EPSS 0.93%

Overview

CVE-2010-0705 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting avast avast_antivirus_home. It was published on February 25, 2010 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Aavmker4.sys in avast! 4.8 through 4.8.1368.0 and 5.0 before 5.0.418.0 running on Windows 2000 and XP does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0xb2d60030, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code to gain privileges via IOCTL requests using crafted kernel addresses that trigger memory corruption.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from avast. Update avast_antivirus_home to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
avastavast_antivirus_home0Affected
avastavast_antivirus_professional0Affected

References

Refforum.avast.com/index.php?topic=55484.0Refosvdb.org/62510Refsecunia.com/advisories/38677Refsecunia.com/advisories/38689Refwww.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509710/100/0/threadedRefwww.securityfocus.com/bid/38363Refwww.securitytracker.com/id?1023644Refwww.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2010-003.txtRefwww.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0449Refforum.avast.com/index.php?topic=55484.0

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-0705?

CVE-2010-0705 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting avast avast_antivirus_home. It was published on February 25, 2010 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2010-0705?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2010-0705?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from avast. Update avast_antivirus_home to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2010-0705?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2010-0705 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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