CVE-2009-2450 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the OAmon.sys kernel driver, affecting Tall Emu Online Armor Personal Firewall AV+ versions prior to 3.5.0.12 and Personal Firewall 3.5 before 3.5.0.14. An attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL requests to the driver, allowing them to execute arbitrary code in the kernel and gain full system privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.5.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tallemu:online_armor_personal_firewall_av\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tallemu:online_armor_personal_firewall_av\+:3.5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tallemu:online_armor_personal_firewall_av\+:3.5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.5.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tallemu:personal_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tallemu:personal_firewall:3.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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