CVE Catalog

CVE-2009-2450

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The OAmon.sys kernel driver version 3.1.0.0 and earlier in Tall Emu Online Armor Personal Firewall AV+ before 3.5.0.12 and Personal Firewall 3.5 before 3.5.0.14 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL requests to \Device\OAmon containing arbitrary kernel addresses, as demonstrated using the 0x830020C3 IOCTL.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can gain unauthorized administrator privileges, leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately update Online Armor Personal Firewall to version 3.5.0.12 (AV+) or 3.5.0.14 (Personal Firewall) or later.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The OAmon.sys kernel driver 3.1.0.0 and earlier in Tall Emu Online Armor Personal Firewall AV+ before 3.5.0.12, and Personal Firewall 3.5 before 3.5.0.14, allows local users to gain privileges via crafted METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL requests to \Device\OAmon containing arbitrary kernel addresses, as demonstrated using the 0x830020C3 IOCTL.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS