CVE-2008-1625
aavmker4.sys in avast! Home and Professional 4.7 for Windows does not properly validate input to...
aavmker4.sys in avast! Home and Professional 4.7 for Windows does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0xb2d60030, which allows local users to gain privileges via certain IOCTL requests.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
aavmker4.sys in avast! Home and Professional 4.7 for Windows does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0xb2d60030, which allows local users to gain privileges via certain IOCTL requests.
- Record
CVE-2008-1625- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
aavmker4.sys in avast! Home and Professional 4.7 for Windows does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0xb2d60030, which allows local users to gain privileges via certain IOCTL requests.
- Record
CVE-2008-1625- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-1626 No score
aavmker4.sys in avast! Home and Professional 4.7 for Windows does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0xb2d60030, which allows local users to gain privileges via certain IOCTL requests.
- Record
EUVD-2008-1626- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wr6q-9jvw-7c6w No score
aavmker4.sys in avast! Home and Professional 4.7 for Windows does not properly validate input to...
aavmker4.sys in avast! Home and Professional 4.7 for Windows does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0xb2d60030, which allows local users to gain privileges via certain IOCTL requests.
- Record
GHSA-wr6q-9jvw-7c6w- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Avast! 4.7 - 'aavmker4.sys' Local Privilege Escalation | 2010-04-27 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-1625 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Avast Antivirus Home, published April 2, 2008. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.71%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.