7.8
HIGH
CVE-2015-8620
Avast Virtualization Driver Heap Buffer Overflow
Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Avast virtualization driver (aswSnx.sys) in Avast Internet Security, Pro Antivirus, Premier, and Free Antivirus before 11.1.2253 allows local users to gain privileges via a Unicode file path in an IOCTL request.

INFO

Published Date :

April 13, 2016, 2:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 26, 2021, 8:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-8620 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Avast avast_free_antivirus
2 Avast avast_internet_security
3 Avast avast_premier
4 Avast avast_pro_antivirus
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-8620.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135859/Avast-11.1.2245-Heap-Overflow.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/94 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035093 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.nettitude.co.uk/exploiting-a-kernel-paged-pool-buffer-overflow-in-avast-virtualization-driver/ Exploit

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-8620 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-8620 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135859/Avast-11.1.2245-Heap-Overflow.html Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135859/Avast-11.1.2245-Heap-Overflow.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/94 Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/94 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035093 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035093 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_free_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) v11.1.2245 *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) v11.1.2245 *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_premier:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) v11.1.2245 *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_pro_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) v11.1.2245 OR *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_free_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 11.1.2245 *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 11.1.2245 *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_premier:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 11.1.2245 *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_pro_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 11.1.2245
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 14, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_free_antivirus:v11.1.2245:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_premier:v11.1.2245:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_pro_antivirus:v11.1.2245:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:avast:avast_internet_security:v11.1.2245:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135859/Avast-11.1.2245-Heap-Overflow.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135859/Avast-11.1.2245-Heap-Overflow.html Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://www.nettitude.co.uk/exploiting-a-kernel-paged-pool-buffer-overflow-in-avast-virtualization-driver/ No Types Assigned https://www.nettitude.co.uk/exploiting-a-kernel-paged-pool-buffer-overflow-in-avast-virtualization-driver/ Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/94 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/94 Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 14, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} 0.04%

score

0.37310

percentile

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