Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-1492Max Secure Anti Virus Plus IoControlCode MaxProc64.sys 0x220019 denial of service

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 25% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.2% 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. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function 0x220019 in the library MaxProc64.sys of the component IoControlCode Handler. The manipulation of the argument SystemBuffer leads to denial of service. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-223378 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Max Secure	Anti Virus Plus	19.0.2.1

Weakness: CWE-404 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.223378 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.223378 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-1492 related
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_Szy4kCrZU-whGbVcxpdE1yKf5Vxqq3/view exploit