CVE-2014-9632 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in AVG Internet Security and AVG Protection, specifically within the avgtdix.sys driver. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by crafting a specific IOCTL call (0x830020f8) to write to arbitrary memory locations, thereby gaining elevated privileges on the affected system. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-35993) exists, demonstrating its exploitability. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2015, <= 2015.5314CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avg:protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2013, < 2013.3495CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avg:internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2015, < 2015.5314CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:avg:internet_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.