Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-1490Max Secure Anti Virus Plus IoControlCode SDActMon.sys 0x220020 access control

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in Anti Virus Plus from Max Secure. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in Max Secure Anti Virus Plus 19.0.2.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function 0x220020 in the library SDActMon.sys of the component IoControlCode Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-223376.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Max Secure	Anti Virus Plus	19.0.2.1

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.223376 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.223376 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-1490 related
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PmzG42vFkqpwfgTG0KACzyH8oA7OddWG/view exploit