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CVE-2016-4025

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4025 describes a vulnerability in multiple Avast security products, including various versions of Internet Security, Pro Antivirus, Premier, Free Antivirus, Business Security, Endpoint Protection suites, File Server Security, and Email Server Security. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) allows a local attacker to bypass the DeepScreen feature through a DeviceIoControl call, potentially leading to a high impact on integrity without affecting confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.1.2241CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:avast:business_security:11.1.2241:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.1.2245CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:avast:business_security:11.1.2245:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.1.2253CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:avast:business_security:11.1.2253:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.1.2260CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:avast:business_security:11.1.2260:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.1.2261CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:avast:business_security:11.1.2261:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 15,903 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

labs.nettitude.com / blog/escaping-avast-sandbox-using-single-ioctl-cve-2016-4025
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory