CVE-2008-6962
highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.007 · 51 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2
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affected products (6)
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also known as (2)
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references (8)
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32269enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/VUPEN-Security-Advisory-20081112.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3130enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46567enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32269nvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/VUPEN-Security-Advisory-20081112.txtVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3130Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46567nvd
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