TITLE:
AntiVir PersonalEdition Update Report Privilege Escalation

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19217

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19217/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
AntiVir PersonalEdition 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/8683/

DESCRIPTION:
Ramon 'ports' Kukla has discovered a vulnerability in AntiVir
PersonalEdition Classic, which can be exploited by malicious, local
users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application running
notepad.exe with SYSTEM privileges when the user clicks on the
"Report" button after completing an update. This can be exploited to
run cmd.exe with escalated privileges.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 7.0 build 138. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to affected systems.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ramon 'ports' Kukla

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/042868.html

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