VYPR
Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-6962

CVE-2008-6962

Description

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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Affected products

10
  • Avira/Antivir2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir:6.35.00.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir:6.35.00.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir:-:-:premium:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir_personal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir_personal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir_personal:*:*:premium:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir_professional:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir_professional:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir_security_suite:-:-:premium:*:*:*:*:*

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